Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch pissen. By surface analysis, pis +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪ.sə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: pis‧sen
  • Rhymes: -ɪsən

Verb

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pissen

  1. (colloquial) to piss
    Synonyms: piesen, plassen, zeiken

Inflection

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Conjugation of pissen (weak)
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, pis2 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. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: pis
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: pesi
  • Negerhollands: pische

German

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪsən/, [ˈpɪsn̩]
  • Hyphenation: pis‧sen
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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pissen (weak, third-person singular present pisst, past tense pisste, past participle gepisst, auxiliary haben) (colloquial, slightly vulgar)

  1. to piss (urinate)
  2. to piss down (rain heavily)

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Further reading

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Old French pissier (to piss), similar to Middle Low German pissen, Swedish pissa.

Verb

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pissen

  1. to piss

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre; equivalent to pisse +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpisən/, /ˈpiʃən/

Verb

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pissen (vulgar)

  1. To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals.
  2. To eject any other substance through the genitals.

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