wünschen

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wünschen (weak, third-person singular present wünscht, past tense wünschte, past participle gewünscht, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive, with reflexive dative) to wish for; to make a wish for; to want; to desire

   Ich wünsche mir ein Meerschweinchen.

   I want a guinea pig.

2. (transitive, with non-reflexive dative) to wish someone something

   Ich wünsche dir alles Gute.

   I wish you all the best.

3. (transitive, without dative, formal) to demand; to order; in negation: not to tolerate

   Ich wünsche eine Erklärung!

   I demand an explanation!

   Ich wünsche ein solches Verhalten nicht.

   I won’t tolerate such behaviour.

• If what is being wished for is not a thing, but for a statement to be true, the Subjunctive II form is used for both wünschen and the verb in the statement. (This doesn't include when the statement is introduced with dass.) For example:

  Ich wünschte, ich wäre eine Prinzessin.

  I wish I were a princess.

  Ich wünschte, ich hätte einen Drachen.

  I wish I had a dragon.

  Ich wünschte, es gäbe echte Drachen.

  I wish there were real dragons.

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• Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen Sprache, Friedrich Kluge

• “wünschen” in Duden online
• “wünschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “wünschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “wünschen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.