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wish meaning in Dutch

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wish [wishes] (desire)
noun
[UK: wɪʃ]
[US: ˈwɪʃ]

wenssubstantief

wish [wished, wishing, wishes] (to hope for an outcome)
verb
[UK: wɪʃ]
[US: ˈwɪʃ]

wensenwerkwoord

willenwerkwoord

wish list (list of desired things)
noun
[UK: wɪʃ lɪst]
[US: ˈwɪʃ ˈlɪst]

verlanglijstsubstantief
{f}

wishbone [wishbones] (bird's bone)
noun
[UK: ˈwɪʃ.bəʊn]
[US: ˈwɪʃˌboʊn]

vorkbeensubstantief
{n}

wishful thinking (illusion that what one would like is true)
noun
[UK: ˈwɪʃ.fəl ˈθɪŋk.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈwɪʃ.fəl ˈθɪŋk.ɪŋ]

wensdenkensubstantief
{n}

death wish (desire for the death of oneself or of someone else)
noun
[UK: deθ wɪʃ]
[US: ˈdeθ ˈwɪʃ]

doodsverlangensubstantief
{n}

doodswenssubstantief
{m}

I wish (I would very much like that to be so)
phrase

or use auxiliary hebben with inversion and maarphrase

was het maar zo datphrase

I'm Jewish (I'm Jewish (ethnic))
phrase
[UK: aɪm ˈdʒuːɪʃ]
[US: ˈaɪm ˈdʒuː.ˌɪʃ]

ik ben Joodsphrase

I'm Jewish (I'm Jewish (religious))
phrase
[UK: aɪm ˈdʒuːɪʃ]
[US: ˈaɪm ˈdʒuː.ˌɪʃ]

ik ben joodsphrase

Jewish (informal term for Yiddish, see also: Yiddish)
proper noun
[UK: ˈdʒuːɪʃ]
[US: ˈdʒuː.ˌɪʃ]

Joodseigennam
{n}

Jewish (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture)
adjective
[UK: ˈdʒuːɪʃ]
[US: ˈdʒuː.ˌɪʃ]

joodsebijvoeglijk naamwoord

yellowish (somewhat yellow)
adjective
[UK: ˈje.ləʊɪʃ]
[US: ˈjelo.ʊɪʃ]

geelachtigbijvoeglijk naamwoord

geligbijvoeglijk naamwoord

your wish is my command (what you wish for I will effect as if it were a command)
phrase

uw wens is mijn bevelphrase