Swedish

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Etymology

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önska +‎ -ning

Noun

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önskning c

  1. a wish
    Synonym: önskan
    Du får tre önskningar för att du räddade mig ur flaskan. Vad är din första önskning?
    You get three wishes for saving me from ("out of") the bottle. What is your first wish?

Usage notes

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  • Idiomatic for wishes granted by a genie or the like. Less common than önskan in the singular otherwise. See also önskemål.
  • Note that the plural is also used as the plural of önskan.

Declension

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Declension of önskning 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative önskning önskningen önskningar önskningarna
Genitive önsknings önskningens önskningars önskningarnas

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