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wohnen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dwell verb To live or reside in a place.
  • habitation noun A place where someone lives; a dwelling.
  • live verb To be alive; to have life.
  • reside verb To live somewhere on a permanent or long-term basis.
  • wone noun A house, home, habitation, dwelling.

Senses

wohnen is used for these senses in English:

  • dwell (intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.
  • habitation (uncountable) The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
  • reside To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
  • wone (obsolete, or, archaic, dialectal) To live, reside, stay.

dwell — full definition

  1. verb To live or reside in a place.
  2. verb To keep thinking or talking about something, often unnecessarily.

habitation — full definition

  1. noun A place where someone lives; a dwelling.
  2. noun The act or state of living in a place.

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