wunnen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German wonēn, from Proto-Germanic *wunaną. Cognate with German wohnen, Dutch wonen, English wone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvunən/

Verb

wunnen (third-person singular present wunnt, past participle gewunnt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (intransitive) to live, to reside

   Hie wunnt an engem grousse Schlass an de Bierger.

   He lives in a big castle in the mountains.

Conjugation

Regular

infinitive	wunnen
participle	gewunnt
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	wunnen	—
2nd singular	wunns	wunn
3rd singular	wunnt	—
1st plural	wunnen	—
2nd plural	wunnt	wunnt
3rd plural	wunnen	—

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Synonyms

• liewen

Derived terms

• bewunnen

Middle English

Verb

wunnen

1. (Southern, south West Midlands) Alternative form of winnen (“to win”)