pissen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch pissen. By surface analysis, pis + -en.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pissen
- (colloquial) to piss
Inflection edit
Inflection of pissen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | pissen | |||
past singular | piste | |||
past participle | gepist | |||
infinitive | pissen | |||
gerund | pissen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | pis | piste | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | pist | piste | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | pist | piste | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | pist | piste | ||
3rd person singular | pist | piste | ||
plural | pissen | pisten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | pisse | piste | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | pissen | pisten | ||
imperative sing. | pis | |||
imperative plur.1 | pist | |||
participles | pissend | gepist | ||
1) Archaic. |
Derived terms edit
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Descendants edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From northern Middle High German pissen and Middle Low German pissen. Perhaps borrowed through Middle Dutch pissen from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre, probably of echoic origin, though the Germanic words are also sometimes considered independent onomatopoeias.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pissen (weak, third-person singular present pisst, past tense pisste, past participle gepisst, auxiliary haben) (colloquial, slightly vulgar)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | pissen | ||||
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present participle | pissend | ||||
past participle | gepisst | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich pisse | wir pissen | i | ich pisse | wir pissen |
du pisst | ihr pisst | du pissest | ihr pisset | ||
er pisst | sie pissen | er pisse | sie pissen | ||
preterite | ich pisste | wir pissten | ii | ich pisste1 | wir pissten1 |
du pisstest | ihr pisstet | du pisstest1 | ihr pisstet1 | ||
er pisste | sie pissten | er pisste1 | sie pissten1 | ||
imperative | piss (du) pisse (du) |
pisst (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Further reading edit
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Old French pissier (“to piss”), similar to Middle Low German pissen, Swedish pissa.
Verb edit
pissen
- to piss
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
- Dutch: pissen
Further reading edit
- “pissen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “pissen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre; equivalent to pisse + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pissen (vulgar)
Conjugation edit
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “pissen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-17.