wænen – Middle High German verb conjugation

Middle High German verb forms of wænen

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: wænen
Past Participle: gewænet
Present participle: wænende

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

ichwæne
duwænest
ërwænet
wirwænen
irwænet
siewænent

Past

ichwânte
duwântest
ërwânte
wirwânten
irwânten
siewânten

Subjunctive

Present

ichwæne
duwænest
ërwænet
wirwænen
irwænet
siewænen

Past

ichwânte
duwântest
ërwânte
wirwânten
irwânten
siewânten

Imperative

duwænes
wirwænen
irwænet


(du)

(wir)
(ihr)

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German wānen, from Proto-West Germanic *wānijan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. See: Proto-Germanic '*wēnijaną'.

Verbs referencing "wænen"

German, old spelling wähnen.

Verbs conjugated like 'wænen'

beswæren, wænen,

Verbs similar to 'wænen'

wæjen, wonen, denen, hœnen, lônen, mæjen, manen, sæjen, waten, wëben,

Nibelungen Lied References

  • (Nibelungenlied 40a:4) ich wæne ie ingesinde. sô grôzer milte gepflac. I ween a monarch's household / ne'er bestowed such gifts before.
  • (Nibelungenlied 70a:2) ich wæne in hête rehte. ire herze daz geseit. I ween their hearts erred nothing, / as sad forebodings said
  • (Nibelungenlied 96a:3) der wânte sîne hêrren. rechen dâ zehant. Who thought for his slain masters / vengeance to wreak straightway,
  • (Nibelungenlied 1390a:4) ich wæne man alle zîte. bî vrouwen Kriemhilte vant. I ween that at all seasons / by Lady Kriemhild's side was found
  • (Nibelungenlied 1392a:3) in der stat ze Wiene. si wæne sô manigen man. In the town at Vienna. / So many men I ween
  • (Nibelungenlied 1393a:3) wir wânten daz vrouwe Kriemhilt. niht guotes mohte hân. "We deemed that Lady Kriemhild / of wealth no more had aught
  • (Nibelungenlied 1395a:1) si wæne in Niderlanten. dâ vore nie gesaz. I ween that far in Netherland / sat she ne'er before
  • (Nibelungenlied 1401a:2) ich wæne ir ieteslîcher. ze der hôchgezîte dâ gewan. Won they at the wedding / each alone, I ween,
  • (Nibelungenlied 1444a:3) die Hiunen mügen wænen. dazz ich âne vriunde sî. How kindly is the greeting / we bear from Etzel's hand
  • (Nibelungenlied 2295a:4) ich wæne der küninc Ètzele. ist selbe zuo dem schaden komen. Scathe unto King Etzel / himself hath happenéd, I ween.