gewinnen

See also: Gewinnen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gewinnen, winnen, from Old High German winnan, giwinnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to strive, wish, desire, love). Cognate with Dutch winnen, Low German winnen, Old English ġewinnan, winnan (whence English win), Norwegian vinne, Swedish vinna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈvɪnən/, [ɡəˈvɪ-], [ɡəˈʋɪ-], [-nən], [-nn̩]
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Verb

gewinnen (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present gewinnt, past tense gewann, past participle gewonnen, past subjunctive gewänne or gewönne, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to win; to be victorious
  2. (transitive) to win something; to gain
  3. (transitive) to win over; to persuade
  4. (transitive) to win or extract a resource

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German gewenen, from Old High German giwennen. Cognate with German gewöhnen, Dutch gewennen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡeˈvinen/, [ɡəˈvinən]

Verb

gewinnen (third-person singular present gewinnt, past participle gewinnt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive, with preposition un) to get used to, to become accustomed to

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive gewinnen
participle gewinnt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular gewinnen
2nd singular gewinns gewinn
3rd singular gewinnt
1st plural gewinnen
2nd plural gewinnt gewinnt
3rd plural gewinnen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From ge- + winnen.

Verb

gewinnen

  1. to win, obtain, acquire

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive gewinnen
3rd sg. past gewan
3rd pl. past gewonnen
Past participle gewonnen
Infinitive gewinnen
In genitive gewinnens
In dative gewinnene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular gewinne gewan
2nd singular gewins, gewinnes gewons, gewonnes
3rd singular gewint, gewinnet gewan
1st plural gewinnen gewonnen
2nd plural gewint, gewinnet gewont, gewonnet
3rd plural gewinnen gewonnen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular gewinne gewonne
2nd singular gewins, gewinnes gewonnes
3rd singular gewinne gewonne
1st plural gewinnen gewonnen
2nd plural gewint, gewinnet gewonnet
3rd plural gewinnen gewonnen
Imperative Present
Singular gewin, gewinne
Plural gewint, gewinnet
Present Past
Participle gewinnende gewonnen

Further reading

  • ghewinnen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • gewinnen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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