wien

See also: Wien

Dutch

Pronoun

wien

1. (interrogative and relative, objective, archaic) (for addressing a masculine person) 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)

2. (West-Flanders, colloquial) who/whom

Usage notes

In present-day use, the form wien has been superseded by wie.

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• Wiin (Eupen)
• Wien (Krefeld)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wijn, from Old Dutch wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Noun

wien m

1. wine

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viə̯n/

Pronoun

wien

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

Usage notes

• 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>.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

wiën

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

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: wijden
• Limburgish: wieje

Further reading

• “wiën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wiën”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page wiën

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wīhijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.

Verb

wīen

1. to bless, to sanctify

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “wīen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012