wænen

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German wānen, from Proto-West Germanic *wānijan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈwæːnən/

Verb

wænen (class 1 weak, third-person singular present wænet, past tense wānte, past participle gewānt, auxiliary hān)

  1. to suppose, to believe
    Er wânde, daʒ er funde ieman dar inne.(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • German: wähnen

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “wænen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel