wien

wien

1. (interrogative and relative, objective, archaic) whom

   Wien Neerlandsch bloed in de aders vloeit, / Van vreemde smetten vrij, ...

   [He] to whom Dutch blood is flowing in the veins, / Free of foreign blemishes, ... (Dutch national anthem from 1815 to 1932)

In present-day use, the form wien has been superseded by wie.

From Middle Dutch wijn, from Old Dutch wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną.

wien m

1. wine

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

From Proto-Germanic *hwanǭ, accusative of Proto-Germanic *hwaz. Compare German wen (accusative of wer).

• IPA^(key): /viə̯n/

wien

1. (interrogative) who, whom
2. (relative) who, whoever, whom

• wien is the nominative and accusative form. In the dative case, use wiem.
• Due to the Eifeler Regel, the final -n is lost before all consonants other than <d>, <h>, <n>, <t> and <z>.

From Old Dutch wīen, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.

wiën

1. to bless, to sanctify
2. to consecrate
3. to dedicate

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: wijden
• Limburgish: wieje

• “wiën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “wiën”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.

wīen

1. to bless, to sanctify

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: wiën
  • Dutch: wijden
  • Limburgish: wieje

• “wīen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012