wens
English
Noun
wens
- plural of wen
Anagrams
- news, sewn, snew
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wensch, next to eastern wonsch, from Old Dutch *wunsk, from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz.
Cognate with German Wunsch, English wish, West Frisian winsk, Danish ønske.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛns
Noun
wens m (plural wensen, diminutive wensje n)
- wish
Derived terms
- wensdenken
- kinderwens
- kleinkinderwens
Verb
wens
- first-person singular present indicative of wensen
- imperative of wensen
Gothic
Romanization
wēns
- Romanization of 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃