wanen

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

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• Rhymes: -aːnən

wanen

1. to misbelieve (believe falsely or incorrectly)

wanen

1. Plural form of waan

From Old Dutch wānen, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną.

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-Germanic *wanōną.

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
• “wanen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “wanen (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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-Germanic *wēnijaną.

wānen

1. to think, to suppose

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: wânen
  • Dutch: wanen

• “wānen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną.

wānen

1. to suppose, to hope, to guess

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