Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

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pissen

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

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Inflection 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 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.

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

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

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

Verb edit

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 edit

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

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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

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pissen

  1. to piss

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpisən/, /ˈpiʃən/

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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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