Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German wizzen, from Old High German wizzan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see, know). Compare German wissen.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

וויסן (visn) (past participle געוווּסט (gevust))

  1. to know
    איך ווייס נישט.
    ikh veys nisht.
    I don't know.

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

וויסן (visnn

  1. knowledge

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