Wunsch

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Alemannic German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to German Wunsch

Noun[edit]

Wunsch (diminutive Wünschli)

  1. wish

Related terms[edit]

  • wünsch (wish (verb form, 1st person singular indicative present))

References[edit]

  • Aus dem Wiesenthale. Gedichte von Georg Uehlin. Schopfheim, 1869, p. 15

East Central German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to German Wunsch.

Noun[edit]

Wunsch m (plural Wünsche)

  1. (Silesian) wish

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

(things which are often wished)

(occasions to express wishes)

German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German wunsch, from Old High German wunsc, from Proto-Germanic *wunskō, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to wish, love). Compare Dutch wens, English wish, West Frisian winsk, Danish ønske.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vʊnʃ/, [vʊnʃ], [vʊntʃ]
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

Wunsch m (strong, genitive Wunsches or Wunschs, plural Wünsche, diminutive Wünschlein n)

  1. wish (an act of wishing)
  2. wish (that which one wishes)

Declension[edit]

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Wunsch.

Hyponyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Wunsch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Wunsch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Wunsch” in Duden online

Hunsrik[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Wunsch m (plural Winsch)

  1. wish

Further reading[edit]