ønske

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish usk, ønsk, ynsk, Old Norse ósk (wish), from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz, *wunskō (wish, desire). Remodelled after the verb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ønsɡə]

Noun

ønske n (singular definite ønsket, plural indefinite ønsker)

  1. wish
Declension
Declension of ønske
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ønske ønsket ønsker ønskerne
genitive ønskes ønskets ønskers ønskernes
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Danish yske, ønskæ, from Old Norse œskja (wish), from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (to wish). The 'n' stems from influence from Middle Low German wunschen, cf. also Swedish önska.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈønsɡə]

Verb

ønske (imperative ønsk, infinitive at ønske, present tense ønsker, past tense ønskede, perfect tense ønsket)

  1. to wish
Conjugation
Conjugation of ønske
active passive
present ønsker ønskes
past ønskede ønskedes
infinitive ønske ønskes
imperative ønsk
participle
present ønskende
past ønsket
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund ønsken

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ósk, from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz, *wunskō (wish, desire), from Proto-Indo-European *wun-, *wenh₁- (to wish, love).

Noun

ønske n (definite singular ønsket, indefinite plural ønsker, definite plural ønska or ønskene)

  1. a wish
  2. a desire
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse œskja, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (to wish).

Verb

ønske (imperative ønsk, present tense ønsker, simple past ønska or ønsket or ønskte, past participle ønska or ønsket or ønskt)

  1. to wish
  2. to want

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ønske n (definite singular ønsket, indefinite plural ønske, definite plural ønska)

  1. alternative form of ynske

Verb

ønske (present tense ønsker, past tense ønskte, past participle ønskt, passive infinitive ønskast, present participle ønskande, imperative ønsk)

  1. alternative form of ynskja

Derived terms