ween – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of ween

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to ween
Participle: weened
Gerund: weening

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of ween

Indicative

Present

Iween
youween
he;she;itweens
weween
youween
theyween

Perfect

Ihave weened
youhave weened
he;she;ithas weened
wehave weened
youhave weened
theyhave weened

Past

Iweened
youweened
he;she;itweened
weweened
youweened
theyweened

Pluperfect

Ihad weened
youhad weened
he;she;ithad weened
wehad weened
youhad weened
theyhad weened

Future

Iwill ween
youwill ween
he;she;itwill ween
wewill ween
youwill ween
theywill ween

Future Perfect

Iwill have weened
youwill have weened
he;she;itwill have weened
wewill have weened
youwill have weened
theywill have weened

Subjunctive

Present

Iween
youween
he;she;itween
weween
youween
theyween

Perfect

Ihave weened
youhave weened
he;she;ithave weened
wehave weened
youhave weened
theyhave weened

Imperfect

Iweened
youweened
he;she;itweened
weweened
youweened
theyweened

Pluperfect

Ihad weened
youhad weened
he;she;ithad weened
wehad weened
youhad weened
theyhad weened

Conditional

Present

Iwould ween
youwould ween
he;she;itwould ween
wewould ween
youwould ween
theywould ween

Perfect

Iwould have weened
youwould have weened
he;she;itwould have weened
wewould have weened
youwould have weened
theywould have weened

Imperative

youween
weLet's ween
youween

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam weening
youare weening
he;she;itis weening
weare weening
youare weening
theyare weening

Perfect

Ihave been weening
youhave been weening
he;she;ithas been weening
wehave been weening
youhave been weening
theyhave been weening

Past

Iwas weening
youwere weening
he;she;itwas weening
wewere weening
youwere weening
theywere weening

Pluperfect

Ihad been weening
youhad been weening
he;she;ithad been weening
wehad been weening
youhad been weening
theyhad been weening

Future

Iwill be weening
youwill be weening
he;she;itwill be weening
wewill be weening
youwill be weening
theywill be weening

Future Perfect

Iwill have been weening
youwill have been weening
he;she;itwill have been weening
wewill have been weening
youwill have been weening
theywill have been weening

Conditional

Present

Iwould be weening
youwould be weening
he;she;itwould be weening
wewould be weening
youwould be weening
theywould be weening

Perfect

Iwould have been weening
youwould have been weening
he;she;itwould have been weening
wewould have been weening
youwould have been weening
theywould have been weening

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'ween'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'ween'

feen, keen, peen, teen, tween, wean, wee, weed, weep, weet,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to deem something true without verification or proof
arread, assume, conject, conjecture, daresay, dope, go out on a limb, guess, guesstimate, hypothesize, imagine, infer, overhope, posit, postulate, presume, reckon, speculate, suppose, suspect, take a stab at, take something as read

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. wenan "to think," from P.Gmc. *woenijanan (cf. O.S. wanian, O.N. væna, O.Fris. wena, O.H.G. wanen, Ger. wähnen, Goth. wenjan "to expect, suppose, think"), from *woeniz "expectation," from PIE base *wen- "to wish, desire, strive for" (see Venus). Archaic since 17c.
2. From Middle English wenen, from Old English wēnan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognate with Dutch wanen, German wähnen. See: Proto-Germanic '*wēnijaną', Dutch 'wanen', German, old spelling 'wähnen'.

Verbs referencing "ween"

German, old spelling wähnen.

Sample Sentences

  • And when they will fight they will shock them together in a plump; that if there be 20000 men, men shall not ween that there be scant 10000. [1481, Author unknown (pseudonym Sir John Mandeville), The travels of Sir John Mandeville]
  • And right as Arthur was on horseback there came a damosel from Morgan le Fay, and brought unto Sir Arthur a sword like unto Excalibur, and the scabbard, and said unto Arthur, Morgan le Fay sendeth here your sword for great love. And he thanked her, and weened it had been so, but she was false, for the sword and the scabbard were counterfeit, and brittle, and false.
  • Then sayde Peter unto hym: Perissh thou and thy money togedder. For thou wenest that the gyfte of god maye be obteyned with money? [1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts:]
  • Wise men in old time would ween themselves fools; Fools now in new time will ween themselves wise. [1562, John Heywood, The proverbs, epigrams, and miscellanies of John Heywood:]
  • … for I ween he will no longer suffer him to abide among the adulterous and wicked Generation of this World. [1677, Thomas Mall, A cloud of witnesses:]
  • But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder,
  • Shall wholly do away, I ween,
  • The marks of that which once hath been. [1816, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “(please specify the page)”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], →OCLC:]
  • And that junior partnership, I ween, Was the only ship that I ever had seen. [1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “When I was a lad”, in H.M.S. Pinafore; […], San Francisco: Bacon & Company, […], →OCLC:]
  • Yet humble second shall be first, I ween [1884, W.S. Gilbert, Princess Ida:]
  • Little ween the snug card-players in the cabin of the responsibilities of the sleepless man on the bridge. [1888–1891, Herman Melville, “[Billy Budd, Foretopman.] Chapter XVIII.”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951, →OCLC:]
  • Klapaucius too, I ween,
  • Will turn the deepest green
  • To hear such flawless verse from Trurl’s machine. [1974, Stanisław Lem, translated by Michael Kandel, The Cyberiad:]