ween.
Doubt; conjecture.
Meaning & usage
Doubt; conjecture.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English wene, from Old English wēn, wēna (“hope, weening, expectation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāni, from Proto-Germanic *wēniz, *wēnǭ (“hope, expectation”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, love, want, reach, win”). Cognate with Dutch waan (“delusion”), Afrikaans waan (“delusion”), German Wahn (“illusion, false hope”).
To suppose, imagine; to think, believe.
To expect, hope or wish.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English wenen, from Old English wēnan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognate with Dutch wanen, German wähnen.
To weep or cry.
The boy's mother weened day and night.
To lament.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English weinen (“to wail, lament”), from Old English wānian (“to bewail, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (“to cry, lament, grieve”). Cognate with Dutch wenen (“to weep, cry”), German weinen (“to weep, cry”), Icelandic veina (“to wail, cry out”), West Frisian weine (“to weep, cry”).
wiener dog, dachshund
Where this word comes from
Abbreviation of wiener dog
penis
Where this word comes from
Abbreviation of wiener (penis)
Misspelling of wean.
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