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{{also|Wen|weń|wên|wēn|wén|wěn|wèn}}
==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{ISO 639|2&5|Sorbian languages}}

==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|wĕn}}, {{IPA|en|/wɛn/}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛn|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|when|aa=wine-whine}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|wen}}, {{m|enm|wenne}}, from {{inh|en|ang|wenn}}, {{m|ang|wænn|t=wen}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wanjaz}}. Cognate with {{cog|nl|wen|t=goiter}}, {{cog|nds|Ween|t=wen}}, dialectal {{cog|de|Wenne|t=wen}}, {{cog|da|van}}, {{m|da|væne}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[cyst]] on the [[skin]]; a [[tumor]] or [[wart]].
#* {{RQ:Swift Gulliver|part=II|page=220|passage=There was a Fellow with a '''Wen''' in his Neck, larger than five Woolpacks, and another with a couple of wooden Legs, each about twenty foot high.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1854|author=w:Henry David Thoreau|title=w:Walden|sectionurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123090540/http://www.gutenberg.org/files/205/205.txt|section=Walden
|passage=When I have met an immigrant tottering under a bundle which contained his all--looking like an enormous '''wen''' which had grown out of the nape of his neck--I have pitied him, not because that was his all, but because he had all that to carry.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1973|author=w:Thomas Pynchon|title=Gravity's Rainbow
|passage=Creeps, foreigners with tinted, oily skin, '''wens''', sties, cysts, wheezes, bad teeth, limps, staring or—worse—with Strange Faraway Smiles.}}
#* {{RQ:Wallace Infinite Jest|page=4|passage=I am debating whether to risk scratching the right side of my jaw, where there is a '''wen'''.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* [[Great Wen]]

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|a cyst on the skin}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|липома|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin:  {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|rakkula}}, {{t+|fi|rakko}}, {{t+|fi|kysta}}
* French: {{t+|fr|loupe|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Grützbeutel|m}}, {{t|de|Grießknoten|m}}, {{t|de|Talgknoten|m}}, {{t|de|Fettgeschwulst|f}}, {{t|de|Balggeschwulst|f}} {{qualifier|archaic}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|goirín|m}}, {{t|ga|ainglis|f}} {{qualifier|familiar}}, {{t|ga|cist gheire|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|natta|f}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|혹}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|اور|tr=ur}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Knubbel|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|жирови́к|m}}
* Swedish:  {{t-needed|sv}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|butlig}}
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===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|ang|wynn|}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{obsolete form of|en|wynn||the letter ƿ}}

===Etymology 3===
{{eye dialect of|en|when}}

====Adverb====
{{en-adv|-}}

# {{lb|en|eye dialect}} {{alternative spelling of|en|when}}

====Conjunction====
{{en-conjunction}}

# {{lb|en|eye dialect}} {{alternative spelling of|en|when}}

====Pronoun====
{{en-pronoun}}

# {{lb|en|eye dialect}} {{alternative spelling of|en|when}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{lb|en|eye dialect}} {{alternative spelling of|en|when}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=enw|New|new|new-}}

{{C|en|Dermatology}}
{{cln|en|three-letter words}}

==Afrikaans==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|af|nl|winnen}}, from {{inh|af|dum|winnen}}, from {{inh|af|odt|winnan}}, from {{inh|af|gem-pro|*winnaną}}, from {{der|af|ine-pro|*wenh₁-||to strive, desire, wish, love}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|af|/vɛn/}}
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-wen.wav}}

===Verb===
{{af-verb|wennende}}{{attention|af|present participle is just a guess}}

# to {{l|en|win}}

==Belizean Creole==

===Conjunction===
{{head|bzj|conjunctions}}

# [[when]]

===References===
* Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), ''Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary''. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 371.

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ʋɛn/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-wen.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|wen}}
* {{rhymes|nl|ɛn|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*hwannē}}. Cognate with {{cog|en|when|}}, {{cog|de|wann}}.

====Adverb====
{{nl-adv}}

# {{lb|nl|archaic}} [[when]]
#: ''En ik dacht aan den geur harer bloesems, aan het huiveren harer takken, aan den zang harer vogelen; en ik vroeg mij: '''wen''' rieken wij die?'' (V. Someren, 1822)
#:: And I thought about the scent of her blossoms, at the shuddering of her branches, at the songs of her birds, and I asked myself: '''when''' do we smell these?

====Conjunction====
{{head|nl|conjunction}}

# {{lb|nl|archaic}} [[when]]
#: ''Daar heb ik '''wen''' de vogels vlogen, heimelik in elk nest geschouwd!'' (L. De Mont, 1880)
#:: There have I, '''when''' the birds flew, looked privily in each nest!

===Etymology 2===

====Verb====
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|wennen||bare-verb}}

{{cln|nl|interrogative adverbs}}

==Elfdalian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ovd|non|hvern}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|ovd|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}}

# [[what]]

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|[veːn]}}
* {{audio|de|De-wen.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|de|eːn|s=1}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|de|pronoun form}}

# {{lb|de|interrogative}} {{inflection of|de|wer||acc}}: [[whom]] {{qualifier|direct object}}.
#: {{ux|de|'''Wen''' hast du gefragt?|'''Whom''' did you ask?}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Duden}}
* {{R:DWDS}}

{{cln|de|interrogative pronouns}}

==Gothic==

===Romanization===
{{got-rom|head=wēn}}

# {{romanization of|got|𐍅𐌴𐌽}}

==Ilocano==

===Particle===
{{head|ilo|particle}}

# [[yes]]

==Jamaican Creole==

===Etymology===
{{der+|jam|en|when}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|jam|/wen/}}

===Adverb===
{{jam-adv}}

# [[when]]
#* {{RQ:jam:DJNT|Matthew|23|7|Dem lov '''wen''' piipl gi dem speshal oudi '''wen''' dem go a maakit, an '''wen''' dem kaal dem, 'Tiicha'.|They love ['''when'''] people to greet them with respect ['''when'''] in the marketplaces, and they love to have people call them 'Teacher'.}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:jam:majstro.com}}

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{ja-romanization of|ゑん}}

==Mandarin==

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|wēn}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|wén}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|wěn}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|wèn}}

====Usage notes====
* {{cmn-toneless-note}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|wayn|id=wagon|t=wagon}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{enm-noun|-}}

# {{alt form|enm|wynne|t=happiness}}

===Etymology 3===

====Verb====
{{head|enm|verb}}

# {{tlb|enm|Northern ME}} {{alt form|enm|winnen|t=to win}}

==North Frisian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|frr|wan||Föhr-Amrum}}
* {{alt|frr|wine|wune||Mooring}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|frr|ofs|winna}}, from {{der|frr|gem-pro|*winnaną}}.

===Verb===
{{head|frr|verb}}

# {{lb|frr|Sylt}} to {{l|en|win}}

====Conjugation====
{{frr-Sylt-conj-table|inf_2=wenen|ppp=wonen|pres_2=wenst|pres_3=went|past_1=wuan|past_2=wuanst}}

==Northern Kankanay==

===Pronunciation===
{{xnn-pr|wën}}

===Particle===
{{xnn-head|particle|wën}}

# {{clipping of|xnn|owen}}

====Synonyms====
{{kne-xnn-synonyms|s=aw|n=[[wen]], [[owen]]}}

==Old English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wēniz}}, from {{der|ang|ine-pro|*wenh₁-||love}}. Cognate with {{cog|ofs|wen}}, {{cog|osx|wan}}, {{cog|goh|wān}} ({{cog|de|Wahn||delusion}}), {{cog|non|ván}}, {{cog|got|𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|wēn}}

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|f|head=wēn}}

# [[expectation]]
# [[likelihood]]
# {{lb|ang|poetic}} [[hope]]
# [[probability]]
#* '''c. 992''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Homilies_of_the_Anglo-Saxon_Church/VI "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"]
#*: {{quote|ang|'''Wēn''' is þæt eower sum nyte hwæt sy ymbsnidennys.|It is '''probable''' that some of you know not what circumcision is.}}
#* '''1000'''. ''West Saxon Gospels'' (John, xvii. 26). Ic him cyðde ðinne naman & gyt wylle cyþan.

====Declension====
{{ang-decl-noun-i-f|wēn}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|enm|wene|wen}}
** {{desc|en|ween}}
** {{desc|sco|wen|wene}}

==Old Polish==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|zlw-opl|sla-pro|*vъ́nъ}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{zlw-opl-IPA}}

===Adverb===
{{zlw-opl-adv}}

# {{lb|zlw-opl|attested in|Greater Poland}} [[outdoors]], [[outside]]
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:Puł|30, 15|Gysz mye wydzyely, '''wen''' (foras) vczekaly ode mnye|Jiż mie widzieli, '''wen''' (foras) uciekali ode mnie|-}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|zlw-opl|title=noun|zewność}}
{{col-auto|zlw-opl|title=adverb|zewna}}

===References===
* {{R:zlw-opl:SPJSP}}

==Welsh==

===Adjective===
{{head|cy|mutated adjective}}

# {{soft mutation of|cy|gwen||[[white]] {{gloss|feminine}}}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut|gwen}}