winken

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German winken, from Old High German winken, from Proto-West Germanic *winkijan, alternative form of *winkōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɪŋkn̩/, /ˈvɪŋkŋ̩/ Hyphenation: win‧ken === 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) to wave one's hand 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. Compare sinken (“to sink”), gesunken (“sunk(en)”). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “winken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) “winken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “winken” in Duden online “winken” in OpenThesaurus.de == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German winken, from Old Saxon winkōn, from Proto-Germanic *winkōną. See also wenken and wanken from the same root. Cognate with German winken, English wink, Dutch wenken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɪŋkən/, /ˈvɪŋkən/ === Verb === winken (past singular wunk, past participle wunken, auxiliary verb hebben) to wave to beckon ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== wanken wenken Winker