See also: Wissen

BavarianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German wizzen, from Old High German wizzan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan. Cognates include German wissen and Luxembourgish wëssen.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvisn̩/
  • Hyphenation: wis‧sen

VerbEdit

wissen

  1. (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.

ReferencesEdit

  • Maria Hornung; Sigmar Grüner (2002), “wissn”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT

DutchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch wisschen, from Old Dutch *wisken, from Proto-Germanic *wiskijaną.

VerbEdit

wissen

  1. (transitive) to erase
InflectionEdit
Inflection of wissen (weak)
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 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.
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

wissen

  1. Plural form of wis

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German and Old High German wizzan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (to know).

Compare Dutch weten, Danish vide, Swedish veta, archaic Modern English wit and Latin videō (to see).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪsn̩/, /ˈvɪsən/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: wis‧sen

VerbEdit

wissen (preterite-present, third-person singular present weiß, past tense wusste, past participle gewusst, past subjunctive wüsste, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to know; to be aware of (a fact)
    Ich weiß, wo du bist.
    I know where you are.
    von etwas wissento know about something
  2. 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 notesEdit

  • See kennen for the distinction between this verb and wissen.

ConjugationEdit

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

VerbEdit

wissen

  1. 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 quote)
    • 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?