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ween¹

  • /ˈwiːn/
  • [ˈwɪi̯n]

Sounds like wean · Rhymes with -iːn

Where it 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”).

noun weens

  1. obsolete Doubt; conjecture.

ween²

  • /ˈwiːn/
  • [ˈwɪi̯n]

Sounds like wean · Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

From Middle English wenen, from Old English wēnan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognate with Dutch wanen, German wähnen.

verb weens · weening · weened · wende · wente

  1. archaic To suppose, imagine; to think, believe. And when they will fight they will shock them together in a plump; that if there be 20000 men, men shall not ween that there be scant 10000.
  2. dated To expect, hope or wish.

ween³

  • /ˈwiːn/
  • [ˈwɪi̯n]

Sounds like wean · Rhymes with -iːn

Where it 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”).

verb weens · weening · weened

  1. Northern England, Scotland, rare To weep or cry. The boy's mother weened day and night.
  2. obsolete To lament.

ween⁴

  • /ˈwiːn/
  • [ˈwɪi̯n]

Sounds like wean · Rhymes with -iːn

verb

  1. misspelling Misspelling of wean

ween⁵

  • /ˈwiːn/
  • [ˈwɪi̯n]

Sounds like wean · Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of wiener dog

noun weens

  1. slang wiener dog, dachshund

ween⁶

  • /ˈwiːn/
  • [ˈwɪi̯n]

Sounds like wean · Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of wiener (penis)

noun weens

  1. slang penis

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@misc{ween_2026,
  title = {ween},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ween},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}