waen

Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛːn/

Verb

waen

1. (Dutch Low Saxon) alternative spelling of wesen

   Hier kö'j altied owzelf waen.

   Here you can always be yourself.

Inflection

Conjugation of waen (irregular verb)

infinitive	waen
	present	preterite
1st person singular	bun	was
2nd person singular	bunt	was
3rd person singular	is	was
plural	zun/bunt	waren
	imperative
singular	waes
plural	waest
	present	past
participle	waend	(g)ewest

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wān, from Proto-West Germanic *wāni, from Proto-Germanic *wēniz.

Noun

wâen m

1. hope, expectation
2. opinion, feeling, hunch (without evidence)
3. suspicion
4. doubt

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	wâen	wâne
accusative	wâen	wâne
genitive	wâens	wâne
dative	wâne	wânen

Descendants

• Dutch: waan
  • Afrikaans: waan
• Limburgish: waan

Further reading

• “waen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “waen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II