Nominal Forms
Infinitive: wænen
Past Participle: gewænet
Present participle: wænende
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| ich | wæne |
| du | wænest |
| ër | wænet |
| wir | wænen |
| ir | wænet |
| sie | wænent |
Past
| ich | wânte |
| du | wântest |
| ër | wânte |
| wir | wânten |
| ir | wânten |
| sie | wânten |
Subjunctive
Present
| ich | wæne |
| du | wænest |
| ër | wænet |
| wir | wænen |
| ir | wænet |
| sie | wænen |
Past
| ich | wânte |
| du | wântest |
| ër | wânte |
| wir | wânten |
| ir | wânten |
| sie | wânten |
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German wānen, from Proto-West Germanic *wānijan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*wēnijaną'.
Verbs referencing "wænen"
German, old spelling
wähnen.
Verbs similar to 'wænen'
wæjen,
wonen,
denen,
hœnen,
lônen,
mæjen,
manen,
sæjen,
waten,
wëben,
Nibelungen Lied References
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(Nibelungenlied 40a:4) ich wæne ie ingesinde. sô grôzer milte gepflac. I ween a monarch's household / ne'er bestowed such gifts before.
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(Nibelungenlied 70a:2) ich wæne in hête rehte. ire herze daz geseit. I ween their hearts erred nothing, / as sad forebodings said
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(Nibelungenlied 96a:3) der wânte sîne hêrren. rechen dâ zehant. Who thought for his slain masters / vengeance to wreak straightway,
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(Nibelungenlied 1390a:4) ich wæne man alle zîte. bî vrouwen Kriemhilte vant. I ween that at all seasons / by Lady Kriemhild's side was found
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(Nibelungenlied 1392a:3) in der stat ze Wiene. si wæne sô manigen man. In the town at Vienna. / So many men I ween
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(Nibelungenlied 1393a:3) wir wânten daz vrouwe Kriemhilt. niht guotes mohte hân. "We deemed that Lady Kriemhild / of wealth no more had aught
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(Nibelungenlied 1395a:1) si wæne in Niderlanten. dâ vore nie gesaz. I ween that far in Netherland / sat she ne'er before
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(Nibelungenlied 1401a:2) ich wæne ir ieteslîcher. ze der hôchgezîte dâ gewan. Won they at the wedding / each alone, I ween,
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(Nibelungenlied 1444a:3) die Hiunen mügen wænen. dazz ich âne vriunde sî. How kindly is the greeting / we bear from Etzel's hand
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(Nibelungenlied 2295a:4) ich wæne der küninc Ètzele. ist selbe zuo dem schaden komen. Scathe unto King Etzel / himself hath happenéd, I ween.