wonen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch wōnen, from Old Dutch wonon, from Proto-West Germanic *wunēn, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to wish, love).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋoːnə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wo‧nen
  • Rhymes: -oːnən

Verb

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wonen

  1. (intransitive) to live (in a certain place)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of wonen (weak)
infinitive wonen
past singular woonde
past participle gewoond
infinitive wonen
gerund wonen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular woon woonde
2nd person sing. (jij) woont, woon2 woonde
2nd person sing. (u) woont woonde
2nd person sing. (gij) woont woonde
3rd person singular woont woonde
plural wonen woonden
subjunctive sing.1 wone woonde
subjunctive plur.1 wonen woonden
imperative sing. woon
imperative plur.1 woont
participles wonend gewoond
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: woon
  • Jersey Dutch: wône
  • Negerhollands: woon, won, wun

Anagrams

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch wonon, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną.

Verb

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wōnen

  1. to live, to have a home
  2. to remain, to dwell

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English wunian (to dwell, be accustomed to).

Verb

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wonen (third-person singular simple present woneth, present participle wonende, wonynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle woned)

  1. to abide, to dwell

Descendants

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