winnen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch winnen, from Old Dutch winnan, from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to strive, desire, wish, love).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɪ.nə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: win‧nen
  • Rhymes: -ɪnən

Verb

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winnen

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to win, to triumph, to be victorious (in)
  2. (transitive) to acquire
  3. (transitive) to extract, to refine, to harvest (from base materials such as ore or crops)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of winnen (strong class 3a)
infinitive winnen
past singular won
past participle gewonnen
infinitive winnen
gerund winnen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular win won
2nd person sing. (jij) wint, win2 won
2nd person sing. (u) wint won
2nd person sing. (gij) wint wont
3rd person singular wint won
plural winnen wonnen
subjunctive sing.1 winne wonne
subjunctive plur.1 winnen wonnen
imperative sing. win
imperative plur.1 wint
participles winnend gewonnen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: wen, win
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: won
  • Negerhollands: win, wind
  • Sranan Tongo: wini

Low German

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German winnen, from Old Saxon winnan, from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to strive, desire, wish, love).

Compare Dutch winnen, German gewinnen, English win, Norwegian vinne, Swedish vinna.

Verb

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winnen (past singular wunn, past participle wunnen, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to win
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Low German [Term?], from Old Saxon windan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (to strive, desire, wish, love). Compare German winden, Dutch winden, English wind.

Verb

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winnen (past singular wunn, past participle wunnen, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to wind
  2. to wreathe
  3. to winch
  4. to wrest
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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German wenen, from Old High German wennen, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną. Cognate with German gewöhnen (with prefix ge-).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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winnen (third-person singular present winnt, past participle gewinnt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (reflexive, with preposition un) to get used to, to adapt to, to familiarise with
  2. (transitive) to bring up, to raise, to nurture

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive winnen
participle gewinnt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular winnen
2nd singular winns winn
3rd singular winnt
1st plural winnen
2nd plural winnt winnt
3rd plural winnen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch winnan, from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to strive, desire, wish, love).

Verb

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winnen

  1. to win, to acquire through effort, to earn
  2. to acquire, to get
  3. to gain
  4. to delve, to mine
  5. to conquer, to take
  6. (of a male) to beget (a child), to sire
  7. (of a female) to give birth to

Inflection

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Strong class 3
Infinitive winnen
3rd sg. past wan
3rd pl. past wonnen
Past participle gewonnen
Infinitive winnen
In genitive winnens
In dative winnene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular winne wan
2nd singular wins, winnes wons, wonnes
3rd singular wint, winnet wan
1st plural winnen wonnen
2nd plural wint, winnet wont, wonnet
3rd plural winnen wonnen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular winne wonne
2nd singular wins, winnes wonnes
3rd singular winne wonne
1st plural winnen wonnen
2nd plural wint, winnet wonnet
3rd plural winnen wonnen
Imperative Present
Singular win, winne
Plural wint, winnet
Present Past
Participle winnende gewonnen

Descendants

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old English winnan, from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (to labor; to win, gain; to fight, strive).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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winnen (third-person singular simple present winneth, present participle winnende, first-/third-person singular past indicative wan, past participle wonnen)

  1. to exert effort, strive for
  2. to fight against, war against
  3. to suffer
  4. to gain (territory, wisdom, success, a cow, a prize, etc.)
  5. to make profit, a living, earn a salary
  6. to beget
  7. to defeat, triumph over, subjugate
  8. to proceed, go
  9. to take, remove

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Descendants

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