ønske

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /øn.skə/

Noun

ønske n (singular definite ønsket, plural indefinite ønsker)

  1. wish
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse œskja (“wish”), from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”). The 'n' stems from influence from Middle Low German wunschen.

Verb

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

  1. to wish

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

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