wane

Betekenis (English)

Noun

1. A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
2. The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
3. The end of a period.
4. A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.

Verb

1. To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
2. Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
3. Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
4. Said of a time period that comes to an end.
5. To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
6. (obsolete) To cause to decrease.

Concepten

verminderen

kleiner worden

afnemen

dalen

afname

tanen

ebben

verbleken

verlagen

reduceren

Synonyms

decline

decrease

decay

diminish

dwindle

lessen

abate

go down

fade

ebb

sink

diminution

perish

fail

shrink

trend toward

be prone to

fall off

slant

be disposed to

flag

impairment

lacking

darken

lurch

decadence

wither

peter out

disappear

ebbing

reduce

contract

incline toward

pallid

recession

reduction

remission

run dry

set

shorten

sinking

slacken

slump

subside

subsidence

taper

tilt

tip

vanish

wanting

waste away

weak

weaken

white

worsen

worsening

become small

coloboma

decadency

grow dark

heel over

melt away

be under control

go upstream

become emaciated

heed over

be diminished

lose freshness

fail safe

fire die down

abatement

age

bate

burn down

careen

collapse

cut

declination

decompose

defect

deficient

deficit

deteriorate

deterioration

devolution

die

💀

die away

die down

dissolve

draw in

droop

drop

end

🔚

enfeeblement

fade away

fall

fizzle

incline

lean

list

old moon

pale

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/weɪn/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: wane

Inherited from Oudengels: wana

Cognate with Nederlands: waan

Cognate with Duits: Wahn

Cognate with Oudnoors: vanr

Cognate with Deens: -

Cognate with Latijn: vanus

Cognate with Gothisch: 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃

Cognate with Albanees: vonë

Cognate with Armeens: ունայն

Cognate with Old Saxon: -

Cognate with Oudhoogduits: wanon

Cognate with Nederlands: weinig

Cognate with Duits: weniger

Cognate with Latijn: -

Inherited from Middelengels: wanen

Inherited from Oudengels: wanian

In summary

From Middle English wane, from Old English wana (“defect, shortage”), from Proto-West Germanic *wanō, from Proto-Germanic *wanô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to leave, abandon; empty, deserted”).
Cognates
See also wan-, want, and waste. Compare also Dutch waan (“insanity”) and German Wahn (“insanity”) deprecated defect, Old Norse vanr (“lacking”) ( > Danish prefix van-, only found in compounds), Latin vanus, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 (wans, “missing, lacking”), Albanian vonë (“late, futile, mentally retarded”), Armenian ունայն (unayn, “empty”), Old Saxon and Old High German wanon (“to decrease”), Modern Dutch weinig (“a few”), Modern German weniger (“less”), comparative of wenig (“few”) (-ig being a derivate suffix; -er the suffix of comparatives). Doublet of vain, vaunt, vaniloquent, vast, vacuum, vacant, vacate, which are Latin-derived, via the PIE root.