wöhn

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German wellen, from Proto-West Germanic *walljan, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Cognates include German wählen, Old Norse velja, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waljan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvœːn/

Verb

wöhn (past participle gwöht) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

  1. to dial (a telephone number, etc.)
    Se håd de foische Nummer gwöht.She dialled the wrong number.
  2. (intransitive) to vote
    I geh heier wieder wöhn.I'm going to vote again this year.
  3. (transitive) to vote for (a politician, party etc.)
    I waß no ned, wöche Partei i wöhn wea.I don't know yet which party I'm going to vote for.

Conjugation

Conjugation of wöhn
infinitive wöhn
past participle gwöht
present past subjunctive
1st person singular wöh wöhlad
2nd person singular wöhst wöhlast
3rd person singular wöht wöhlad
1st person plural wöhn wöhladn
2nd person plural wöhts wöhlads
3rd person plural wöhn wöhladn
imperative
singular wöh
plural wöhts

Derived terms

  • auswöhn
  • durchwöhn
  • eiwöhn
  • nåchwöhn
  • verwöhn
  • åwöhn