OriginFrom Old Swedish ȳskia, ø̄skia, from Old Norse œskja (“wish”), from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”). The 'n' stems from influence from Middle Low German wunschen. Compare German wünschen.
Formsönskar(present) · önskade(preterite) · önskat(supine) · önska(imperative) · önska(active, infinitive) · önskas(infinitive, passive) · önskat(active, supine) · önskats(passive, supine) · önska(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · önsken(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · önskar(active, indicative, present) · önskade(active, indicative, past) · önskas(indicative, passive, present) · önskades(indicative, passive, past) · önska(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · önskade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · önskas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · önskades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)