weisen
See also: Weisen
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German wīsen, from Old High German wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną.
Verb edit
weisen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present weist, past tense wies, past participle gewiesen, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, rare) to point
- auf etwas weisen ― to point at something
- (transitive) to indicate; to show
Conjugation edit
infinitive | weisen | ||||
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present participle | weisend | ||||
past participle | gewiesen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich weise | wir weisen | i | ich weise | wir weisen |
du weist | ihr weist | du weisest | ihr weiset | ||
er weist | sie weisen | er weise | sie weisen | ||
preterite | ich wies | wir wiesen | ii | ich wiese1 | wir wiesen1 |
du wiesest du wiest |
ihr wiest | du wiesest1 du wiest1 |
ihr wieset1 ihr wiest1 | ||
er wies | sie wiesen | er wiese1 | sie wiesen1 | ||
imperative | weis (du) weise (du) |
weist (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- Wegweiser
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
weisen
- inflection of weise:
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną. Cognate with German weisen, Dutch wijzen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
weisen (third-person singular present weist, past participle gewisen, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to show, to indicate
- (transitive) to show, to exhibit, to display
- (transitive) to depict
- (intransitive) to point
- (reflexive) to show up, to show one's face
Conjugation edit
Regular | ||
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infinitive | weisen | |
participle | gewisen | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | weisen | — |
2nd singular | weis | weis |
3rd singular | weist | — |
1st plural | weisen | — |
2nd plural | weist | weist |
3rd plural | weisen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |