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See also:Wen,weń,wên,wēn,wén,wěn,wèn,andwɛ́n

Translingual

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Symbol

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wen

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-5language code forSorbian languages.

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishwen,wenne, fromOld Englishwenn,wænn(wen), fromProto-Germanic*wanjaz. Cognate withDutchwen(goiter),Low GermanWeen(wen), dialectalGermanWenne(wen),Danishvan,væne.

Noun

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wen (pluralwens)

  1. Acyst on theskin; atumor orwart.
    • 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Country Described. []”, inTravels into Several Remote Nations of the World. [] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: [] Benj[amin] Motte, [],→OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag),page[220]:
      There was a Fellow with aWen in his Neck, larger than five Woolpacks, and another with a couple of wooden Legs, each about twenty foot high.
    • 1854,Henry David Thoreau,Walden,Walden:
      When I have met an immigrant tottering under a bundle which contained his all--looking like an enormouswen which had grown out of the nape of his neck--I have pitied him, not because that was his all, but because he had all that to carry.
    • 1973,Thomas Pynchon,Gravity's Rainbow:
      Creeps, foreigners with tinted, oily skin,wens, sties, cysts, wheezes, bad teeth, limps, staring or—worse—with Strange Faraway Smiles.
    • 1996, David Foster Wallace,Infinite Jest [], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.:Little, Brown and Company,→ISBN,page 4:
      I am debating whether to risk scratching the right side of my jaw, where there is awen.
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Translations
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a cyst on the skin

Etymology 2

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FromOld Englishwynn.

Noun

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wen (pluralwens)

  1. Obsolete form ofwynn(the letter ƿ).

Etymology 3

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Eye dialect spelling ofwhen.

Adverb

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wen (notcomparable)

  1. (eye dialect)Alternative spelling ofwhen.

Conjunction

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wen

  1. (eye dialect)Alternative spelling ofwhen.

Pronoun

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wen

  1. (eye dialect)Alternative spelling ofwhen.

Noun

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wen (uncountable)

  1. (eye dialect)Alternative spelling ofwhen.

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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FromDutchwinnen, fromMiddle Dutchwinnen, fromOld Dutchwinnan, fromProto-Germanic*winnaną, fromProto-Indo-European*wenh₁-(to strive, desire, wish, love).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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wen (presentwen,present participlewennende,past participlegewen)

  1. towin

Belizean Creole

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Conjunction

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wen

  1. when

References

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  • Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007),Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 371.

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-Germanic*hwannē. Cognate withEnglishwhen,Germanwenn,Low Germanwenn.

Adverb

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wen

  1. (archaic)when
    En ik dacht aan den geur harer bloesems, aan het huiveren harer takken, aan den zang harer vogelen; en ik vroeg mij:wen rieken wij die? (V. Someren, 1822)
    And I thought about the scent of her blossoms, at the shuddering of her branches, at the songs of her birds, and I asked myself:when do we smell these?

Conjunction

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wen

  1. (archaic)if,when
    Daar heb ikwen de vogels vlogen, heimelik in elk nest geschouwd! (L. De Mont, 1880)
    There have I,when the birds flew, looked privily in each nest!

Etymology 2

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Verb

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wen

  1. inflection ofwennen:
    1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
    3. imperative

Elfdalian

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsehvern.

Pronoun

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wen

  1. what

German

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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wen

  1. (interrogative)accusative ofwer:whom(direct object).
    Wen hast du gefragt?
    Whom did you ask?

Further reading

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  • wen” inDuden online
  • wen” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Gothic

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Romanization

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wēn

  1. romanization of𐍅𐌴𐌽

Ilocano

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Particle

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wen

  1. yes

Interjection

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wen(Abra, Ilocos Sur)

  1. correct!
  2. Indicatingsurprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to expressskepticism;really
    Synonyms:(Abra)oh,(Cordillera)isu
    A: Awan isudan.
    B: Aywen?
    A: They're no longer here.
    B:Oh really?

Usage notes

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  • This is usually preceded byay.

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived fromEnglishwhen.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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wen

  1. when
    • 2012,Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published2012,→ISBN,Matyu 23:7:
      Dem lovwen piipl gi dem speshal oudiwen dem go a maakit, anwen dem kaal dem, 'Tiicha'.
      They love [when] people to greet them with respect [when] in the marketplaces, and they love to have people call them 'Teacher'.

Further reading

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  • wen at majstro.com

Japanese

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Romanization

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wen

  1. Rōmaji transcription ofゑん

Kankanaey

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwən/[ˈwɨn]
  • Rhymes:-ən
  • Syllabification:wen

Particle

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wën

  1. clipping ofowen

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms & variants of wen
Southern / Central
BenguetMankayanaw
Bakunaw
Kapanganaw
Kibunganaw
Buguiasaw
Mt. ProvinceTadianaw,wen,owen
Baukoaw,wen,owen
Sabanganaw,wen,owen
Northern / Applai
Mt. ProvinceBesaowen,owen
Sagadawen,owen

Mandarin

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Romanization

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wen

  1. nonstandard spelling ofwēn
  2. nonstandard spelling ofwén
  3. nonstandard spelling ofwěn
  4. nonstandard spelling ofwèn

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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wen

  1. alternative form ofwayn(wagon)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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wen (uncountable)

  1. alternative form ofwynne(happiness)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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wen

  1. (Northern)alternative form ofwinnen(to win)

Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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FromEnglishwhen.

Adverb

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wen

  1. when

North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisianwinna, fromProto-Germanic*winnaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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wen

  1. (Sylt) towin

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofwen (Sylt dialect)
infinitive Iwen
infinitive II() wenen
past participlewonen
imperativewen
 presentpast
1st singularwenwuan
2nd singularwenstwuanst
3rd singularwentwuan
plural / dualwenwuan
 perfectpluperfect
1st singularhaa wonenher wonen
2nd singularheest wonenherst wonen
3rd singularheer wonenher wonen
plural / dualhaa wonenher wonen
 future (skel)future (wel)
1st singularskel wenwel wen
2nd singularsket wenwet wen
3rd singularskel wenwel wen
plural / dualskel wenwel wen

Old English

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Etymology

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FromProto-Germanic*wēniz, fromProto-Indo-European*wenh₁-(love). Cognate withOld Frisianwen,Old Saxonwan,Old High Germanwān (GermanWahn(delusion)),Old Norseván,Gothic𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃(wēns).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wēn f

  1. expectation
  2. likelihood
  3. (poetic)hope
  4. probability
    • c. 992,Ælfric,"The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"
      Wēn is þæt eower sum nyte hwæt sy ymbsnidennys.
      It isprobable that some of you know not what circumcision is.
    • 1000.West Saxon Gospels (John, xvii. 26). Ic him cyðde ðinne naman & gyt wylle cyþan.

Declension

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Strongi-stem:

singularplural
nominativewēnwēne,wēna
accusativewēn,wēnewēne,wēna
genitivewēnewēna
dativewēnewēnum

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Old Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited fromProto-Slavic*vъ́nъ.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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wen

  1. (attested in Greater Poland)outdoors,outside
    • 1916 [second half of the 15th century], Stanisław Słoński, editor,Psałterz puławski[1],Greater Poland, pages30, 15:
      Gysz mye wydzyely,wen (foras) vczekaly ode mnye
      [Jiż mie widzieli,wen (foras) uciekali ode mnie]

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noun
adverb

References

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  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur,Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “wen”, inSłownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków:IJP PAN,→ISBN

Welsh

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Adjective

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wen

  1. soft mutation ofgwen(white(feminine))

Mutation

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Mutated forms ofgwen
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gwenwenngwenunchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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