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Dutch

Etymology

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

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

Verb

wonen

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

Conjugation

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

  • bewonen
  • bijwonen
  • inwonen
  • samenwonen
  • scheefwonen
  • uitwonen
  • woning
  • woonachtig
  • woonbaar
  • woongemeenschap
  • woongenot
  • woongroep
  • woonhuis
  • woonkamer
  • woonschaamte
  • woonzaam

Descendants

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

Anagrams

  • wonne

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wonon

Verb

wōnen

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

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: wonen
  • Limburgish: woeane, wónne

Further reading

  • “wonen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wonen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to abide, to dwell
    • c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “Passus primus de visione”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...] (Cr, B-text), London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, →OCLC, folio v, verso:
      Therin wonneth a wyght that Wronge is Ihote / Father of falſhead, and founded it him ſelfe / Adam and Eue he egged to yll, / Councelled Cayne to kyll his brother
      Therein dwells a creature that Wrong is named, / Father of falsehood, and founded it himself. / Adam and Eve he egged to ill, / Counselled Cain to kill his brother

Descendants

  • English: won, wone
  • Scots: won, wone
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