ønske

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Danish usk, ønsk, ynsk, Old Norse ósk (“wish”), from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz, *wunskō (“wish, desire”). Remodelled after the verb.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ønsɡə]

Noun edit

ønske n (singular definite ønsket, plural indefinite ønsker)

wish

Inflection edit

Declension of ønske

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ønske	ønsket	ønsker	ønskerne
genitive	ønskes	ønskets	ønskers	ønskernes

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Danish yske, ønskæ, from Old Norse œskja (“wish”), from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”). The 'n' stems from influence from Middle Low German wunschen, cf. also Swedish önska.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈønsɡə]

Verb edit

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

to wish

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

ønske n (definite singular ønsket, indefinite plural ønsker, definite plural ønska or ønskene)

a wish
a desire

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse œskja, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”).

Verb edit

ønske (imperative ønsk, present tense ønsker, simple past ønska or ønsket or ønskte, past participle ønska or ønsket or ønskt)

to wish
to want

References edit

“ønske” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

ønske n (definite singular ønsket, indefinite plural ønske, definite plural ønska)

Alternative form of ynske

Verb edit

ønske (present tense ønsker, past tense ønskte, past participle ønskt, passive infinitive ønskast, present participle ønskande, imperative ønsk)

Alternative form of ynskja