wanen

From Middle Dutch wânen, from Old Dutch wānen, from Proto-West Germanic *wānijan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną.

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• Rhymes: -aːnən

wanen

1. (reflexive) to misbelieve (believe falsely or incorrectly) oneself to be something

wanen

1. plural of waan

From Old Dutch wānen.

wânen

1. to expect
2. to think, to be of the opinion
3. to suspect

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• bewânen

• Dutch: wanen

From Old Dutch *wanon, from Proto-West Germanic *wanōn.

wānen

1. to wane

   Antonym: wassen

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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

From Old English wānian.

wanen

1. to moan, to wail, to complain
2. (figuratively, of a bell) to sound
3. to lament, to bewail

From Proto-West Germanic *wānijan.

wānen

1. to think, to suppose

• Middle Dutch: wânen
  • Dutch: wanen

• “wānen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *wānijan.

wānen

1. to suppose, to hope, to guess

• Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014