ønske
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Danish usk, ønsk, ynsk, Old Norse ósk (“wish”), from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz, *wunskō (“wish, desire”). Remodelled after the verb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ønsɡə]
Inflection
Etymology 2
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
IPA(key): [ˈønsɡə]
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ósk, from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz, *wunskō (“wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wun-, *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse œskja, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”).
Verb
ønske (imperative ønsk, present tense ønsker, simple past ønska or ønsket or ønskte, past participle ønska or ønsket or ønskt)
References
- “ønske” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ønske n (definite singular ønsket, indefinite plural ønske, definite plural ønska)
- Alternative form of ynske
Verb
ønske (present tense ønsker, past tense ønskte, past participle ønskt, passive infinitive ønskast, present participle ønskande, imperative ønsk)
- Alternative form of ynskja