wöhn

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• wäihn (West Central Bavarian)
• wöhln (Southern Bavarian)

Etymology

From Old High German wellen, from Proto-West Germanic *walljan, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Cognates include German wählen, Old Norse velja, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waljan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvœːn/

Verb

wöhn (past participle gwöht) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

1. to dial (a telephone number, etc.)

   Se håd de foische Nummer gwöht. ― She dialled the wrong number.

2. (intransitive) to vote

   I geh heier wieder wöhn. ― I'm going to vote again this year.

3. (transitive) to vote for (a politician, party etc.)

   I waß no ned, wöche Partei i wöhn wea. ― I don't know yet which party I'm going to vote for.

Conjugation

Conjugation of wöhn

infinitive	wöhn
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	wöh	-	wöhlad
2nd person sing.	wöhst	-	wöhlast
3rd person sing.	wöht	-	wöhlad
1st person plur.	wöhn	-	wöhladn
2nd person plur.	wöhts	-	wöhlads
3rd person plur.	wöhn	-	wöhladn
imperative sing.	wöh
imperative plur.	wöhts
past participle	gwöht

Derived terms

• auswöhn
• durchwöhn
• eiwöhn
• nåchwöhn
• verwöhn
• åwöhn