winken

See also: Winken

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-West Germanic *winkijan, alternative form of *winkōn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪŋkŋ̩/, /ˈvɪŋkən/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

winken (weak or mixed, third-person singular present winkt, past tense winkte, past participle gewunken or (original but now less common) gewinkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to wave
    • 1796, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 9, in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre [Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship]‎, volume 2, page 99:
      Man war nicht lange gefahren, als der Schiffer stille hielt, um mit Erlaubnis der Gesellschaft noch jemand einzunehmen, der am Ufer stand und gewinkt hatte.
      The boat had not been sailing long when the skipper stopped to take in someone else who had been standing on the shore waving, with the permission of the company.
  2. to beckon

Usage notes
  • The originally weak verb started to develop alternative strong forms in Middle High German. These were long considered dialectal or colloquial, but the past participle gewunken has become standard and is increasingly replacing the now rarer gewinkt.[1][2]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References
  1. Jacqueline Kubczak; Matthias Mösch (March 14, 2017), “Gewinkt oder gewunken? — Schwache oder starke Flexion”, in grammis 2.0‎ (in German), Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache
  2. gewinkt, gewunken at Google Ngram Viewer

Further reading
  • “winken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “winken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “winken” in Duden online
  • “winken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Low German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Saxon winkōn, from Proto-Germanic *winkōną. See also wenken and wanken from the same root. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), English wink, Dutch wenken.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪŋkən/, /ˈvɪŋkən/

Verb

winken (past singular wunk, past participle wunken, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to wave
  2. to beckon

Conjugation
Conjugation of winken (class 3 strong verb)
infinitive winken
indicative present preterite
1st person singular wink wunk
2nd person singular winks(t) wunks(t)
3rd person singular wink(t) wunk
plural winkt, winken wunken
imperative present —
singular wink
plural winkt
participle present past
winken (e)wunken, gewunken
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
Conjugation of winken (weak verb)
infinitive winken
indicative present preterite
1st person singular wink wink
2nd person singular winks(t) winks(t)
3rd person singular wink(t) wink
plural winkt, winken winken
imperative present —
singular wink(e)
plural winkt
participle present past
winken (e)winkt, gewinkt
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
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