wissen
Bavarian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German wizzen, from Old High German wizzan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan. Cognates include German wissen and Luxembourgish wëssen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwissen
- (transitive) to know
- 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Sieg der Provinz:
- I waaß net, es gibt so vü' Dichter in Wien,
und ålle geehrt und berühmt.- I didn't know there were so many poets in Vienna,
and all honorable and famous.
- I didn't know there were so many poets in Vienna,
References
edit- Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “wissn”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
Dutch
editAlternative forms
edit- wisschen (obsolete)
Pronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch wisschen, from Old Dutch *wisken, from Proto-Germanic *wiskijaną.
Verb
editwissen
- (transitive) to erase
Inflection
editConjugation of wissen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | wissen | |||
past singular | wiste | |||
past participle | gewist | |||
infinitive | wissen | |||
gerund | wissen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | wis | wiste | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | wist, wis2 | wiste | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | wist | wiste | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | wist | wiste | ||
3rd person singular | wist | wiste | ||
plural | wissen | wisten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | wisse | wiste | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | wissen | wisten | ||
imperative sing. | wis | |||
imperative plur.1 | wist | |||
participles | wissend | gewist | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editwissen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German and Old High German wizzan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (“to see, to know”).
Compare Dutch weten, Danish vide, Swedish veta, archaic Modern English wit and Latin videō (“to see”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwissen (preterite-present, third-person singular present weiß, past tense wusste, past participle gewusst, past subjunctive wüsste, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to know; to be aware of (a fact)
- Ich weiß, wo du bist.
- I know where you are.
- von etwas wissen ― to know about something
- to remember (with noch)
- 1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Schneeschmelze:
- »Als er neun Jahre alt war«, sagte die Frau, »hat er mich zum ersten Mal geschlagen. Weißt du noch?«
- "When he was nine," said the woman, "he hit me for the first time. Do you remember?"
Usage notes
edit- See kennen for the distinction between this verb and wissen.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | wissen | ||||
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present participle | wissend | ||||
past participle | gewusst | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich weiß | wir wissen | i | ich wisse | wir wissen |
du weißt | ihr wisst | du wissest | ihr wisset | ||
er weiß | sie wissen | er wisse | sie wissen | ||
preterite | ich wusste | wir wussten | ii | ich wüsste1 | wir wüssten1 |
du wusstest | ihr wusstet | du wüsstest1 | ihr wüsstet1 | ||
er wusste | sie wussten | er wüsste1 | sie wüssten1 | ||
imperative | wisse (du) | wisst (ihr) |
1This form and alternative in würde both found.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editMiddle English
editVerb
editwissen
- To be familiar with.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Freres Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- Or we depart I shal thee so wel wisse / That of min hous ne shalt thou never misse
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1475, [unknown translator], Sidrak and Bokkus, translation of Livre de la fontaine de toutes sciences
- Shullen men chastice wymmen and wisse / Wiþ betyng whan þei done amisse?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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