ønske

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Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Danish usk, ønsk, ynsk, Old Norse ósk (wish), from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz, *wunskō (wish, desire). Remodelled after the verb.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ønske n (singular definite ønsket, plural indefinite ønsker)

  1. wish
Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Danish yske, ønskæ, from Old Norse œskja (wish), from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (to wish). The 'n' stems from influence from Middle Low German wunschen, cf. also Swedish önska.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): [ˈønsɡə]

Verb[edit]

ønske (imperative ønsk, infinitive at ønske, present tense ønsker, past tense ønskede, perfect tense har ønsket)

  1. to wish

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse ósk, from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz, *wunskō (wish, desire), from Proto-Indo-European *wun-, *wenh₁- (to wish, love).

Noun[edit]

ønske n (definite singular ønsket, indefinite plural ønsker, definite plural ønska or ønskene)

  1. a wish
  2. a desire
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse œskja, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (to wish).

Verb[edit]

ønske (imperative ønsk, present tense ønsker, simple past ønska or ønsket or ønskte, past participle ønska or ønsket or ønskt)

  1. to wish
  2. to want

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

ønske n (definite singular ønsket, indefinite plural ønske, definite plural ønska)

  1. Alternative form of ynske

Verb[edit]

ønske (present tense ønsker, past tense ønskte, past participle ønskt, passive infinitive ønskast, present participle ønskande, imperative ønsk)

  1. Alternative form of ynskja

Derived terms[edit]