German edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈniːzl̩n/, /ˈniːzəln/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: nie‧seln

Verb edit

nieseln (weak, third-person singular present nieselt, past tense nieselte, past participle genieselt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (chiefly impersonal) to drizzle
    Synonym: pieseln

Usage notes edit

  • Used impersonally with es in the same way as in English ‘it rains’. Other forms are rare or nonexistent.

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • nieseln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • nieseln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • nieseln” in Duden online
  • nieseln” in OpenThesaurus.de