woo

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's affection/support.
2. (often, transitive) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
3. (transitive) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity; to solicit in love.

Intj

Expressing joy or excitement; woohoo, yahoo.

Adj

Alternative form of woo woo.

Noun

Alternative form of woo woo.

Concepten

het hof maken

vrijen

scharrelen

aanbrengen

aanwerven

werven

verdienen

behalen

buitmaken

verkrijgen

verwerven

winnen

het

dingen naar de gunst van

zoeken

vrijen

recruteren

Synoniemen

court

attract

romance

canvass

enrol

flirt

😘

rally

enlist

recruit

encircle

pay court to

solicit

make love to

entice

accrue

secure

seduce

gain

get

acquire

suck up

earn

win

obtain

profit

allure

fawn

ask in marriage

presume

pull

pursue

pursuit

reach

seek after

sleep with

spark

spoon

🥄

sue

suppose

wanton

wheedle

win over

bind around

earn a living

make advances

approach defiantly

make a play

make a pass

put the moves on

pressure someone for sex

Vertalingen

courtiser

faire la cour

cortejar

corteggiare

namorar

den Hof machen

umwerben

werben

engajar

arruolare

angariar

ingaggiare

anwerben

aliciar

alistar

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/wuː/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wowen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: wōgian

Verwant aan Schots: wow

Verwant aan Oudengels: wōg

Verwant aan Oudnoors: vá

In summary

From Middle English wowen, woȝen, from Old English wōgian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English wōg, wōh (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanhō (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *wā- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”).