ween

Etymology 1

From Middle English wene, from Old English wēn, wēna (“hope, weening, expectation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wānī, 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

1. (obsolete) Doubt; conjecture.

Etymology 2

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

verb

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. 1481, Author unknown (pseudonym Sir John Mandeville), The travels of Sir John Mandeville
   Wise men in old time would ween themselves fools; Fools now in new time will ween themselves wise. 1562, John Heywood, The proverbs, epigrams, and miscellanies of John Heywood
   … for I ween he will no longer suffer him to abide among the adulterous and wicked Generation of this World. 1677, Thomas Mall, A cloud of witnesses
   Yet humble second shall be first, I ween 1884, W.S. Gilbert, Princess Ida
   Klapaucius too, I ween, Will turn the deepest green To hear such flawless verse from Trurl’s machine. 1974, Stanisław Lem, translated by Michael Kandel, The Cyberiad
2. (dated) To expect, hope or wish.

Etymology 3

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

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

Etymology 4

verb

1. Misspelling of wean.

Etymology 5

Abbreviation of wiener dog

noun

1. (slang) wiener dog, dachshund

Etymology 6

Abbreviation of wiener (penis)

noun

1. (slang) penis