"wen" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /wɛn/
enPR: wĕn Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: Eye dialect spelling of when. Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Eye dialect spelling of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">when</i></span>.|lang=}} Eye dialect spelling of when., {{eye dialect of|en|when}} Eye dialect spelling of when. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} wen (not comparable)
  1. (eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: when
    Sense id: en-wen-en-adv-wVWj6rug Categories (other): English eye dialect, English eye dialect Disambiguation of English eye dialect: 24 24 2 2 24 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Conjunction

IPA: /wɛn/
enPR: wĕn Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: Eye dialect spelling of when. Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Eye dialect spelling of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">when</i></span>.|lang=}} Eye dialect spelling of when., {{eye dialect of|en|when}} Eye dialect spelling of when. Head templates: {{en-conjunction}} wen
  1. (eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when Tags: alt-of, alternative, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: when
    Sense id: en-wen-en-conj-wVWj6rug Categories (other): English eye dialect, English eye dialect Disambiguation of English eye dialect: 24 24 2 2 24 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /wɛn/ Forms: wens [plural]
enPR: wĕn Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: From Middle English wen, wenne, from Old English wenn, wænn (“wen”), from Proto-Germanic *wanjaz. Cognate with Dutch wen (“goiter”), Low German Ween (“wen”), dialectal German Wenne (“wen”), Danish van, væne. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wen}} Middle English wen, {{m|enm|wenne}} wenne, {{inh|en|ang|wenn}} Old English wenn, {{m|ang|wænn|t=wen}} wænn (“wen”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wanjaz}} Proto-Germanic *wanjaz, {{cog|nl|wen|t=goiter}} Dutch wen (“goiter”), {{cog|nds|Ween|t=wen}} Low German Ween (“wen”), {{cog|de|Wenne|t=wen}} German Wenne (“wen”), {{cog|da|van}} Danish van, {{m|da|væne}} væne Head templates: {{en-noun}} wen (plural wens)
  1. A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart. Categories (topical): Dermatology Derived forms: Great Wen Translations (a cyst on the skin): липома (lipoma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), rakkula (Finnish), rakko (Finnish), kysta (Finnish), loupe [feminine] (French), Grützbeutel [masculine] (German), Grießknoten [masculine] (German), Talgknoten [masculine] (German), Fettgeschwulst [feminine] (German), Balggeschwulst [archaic, feminine] (German), goirín [masculine] (Irish), ainglis [familiar, feminine] (Irish), cist gheire [feminine] (Irish), natta [feminine] (Italian), (hok) (Korean), Knubbel [masculine] (Plautdietsch), жирови́к (žirovík) [masculine] (Russian), butlig (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-wen-en-noun-cMr2dxwR Disambiguation of Dermatology: 7 7 52 19 7 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 12 31 21 12 12 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 14 14 26 16 16 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /wɛn/ Forms: wens [plural]
enPR: wĕn Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: From Old English wynn. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|wynn|}} Old English wynn Head templates: {{en-noun}} wen (plural wens)
  1. Obsolete form of wynn (“the letter ƿ”). Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: wynn (extra: the letter ƿ)
    Sense id: en-wen-en-noun-xSV2DST3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /wɛn/
enPR: wĕn Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: Eye dialect spelling of when. Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Eye dialect spelling of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">when</i></span>.|lang=}} Eye dialect spelling of when., {{eye dialect of|en|when}} Eye dialect spelling of when. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wen (uncountable)
  1. (eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when Tags: alt-of, alternative, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable Alternative form of: when
    Sense id: en-wen-en-noun-wVWj6rug Categories (other): English eye dialect, English eye dialect Disambiguation of English eye dialect: 24 24 2 2 24 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Pronoun

IPA: /wɛn/
enPR: wĕn Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: Eye dialect spelling of when. Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Eye dialect spelling of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">when</i></span>.|lang=}} Eye dialect spelling of when., {{eye dialect of|en|when}} Eye dialect spelling of when. Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} wen, {{en-pronoun}} wen
  1. (eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when Tags: alt-of, alternative, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: when
    Sense id: en-wen-en-pron-wVWj6rug Categories (other): English eye dialect, English eye dialect Disambiguation of English eye dialect: 24 24 2 2 24 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.