Alemannic German edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to German Wunsch

Noun edit

Wunsch (diminutive Wünschli)

  1. wish

Related terms edit

  • wünsch (wish (verb form, 1st person singular indicative present))

References edit

  • Aus dem Wiesenthale. Gedichte von Georg Uehlin. Schopfheim, 1869, p. 15

East Central German edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to German Wunsch.

Noun edit

Wunsch m (plural Wünsche)

  1. (Silesian) wish

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

See also edit

(things which are often wished)

(occasions to express wishes)

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German wunsch, from Old High German wunsc, from Proto-Germanic *wunskō, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to wish, love). Compare Dutch wens, English wish, West Frisian winsk, Danish ønske.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vʊnʃ/, [vʊnʃ], [vʊntʃ]
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun edit

Wunsch m (strong, genitive Wunsches or Wunschs, plural Wünsche, diminutive Wünschlein n)

  1. wish (an act of wishing)
  2. wish (that which one wishes)

Declension edit

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Wunsch.

Hyponyms edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Wunsch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Wunsch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Wunsch” in Duden online

Hunsrik edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Wunsch m (plural Winsch)

  1. wish

Further reading edit