ziagn

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German ziehen, from Old High German ziohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan. Cognates include German ziehen and Luxembourgish zéien.

Pronunciation

• (Vienna) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡siɐ̯ŋ/
• Hyphenation: ziagn

Verb

ziagn (past participle zogn)

1. (transitive) to pull

   Synonym: zaan

2. (intransitive) to move; to migrate
   • 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Impression im März:

     Zårte Blatterl schiaßen aus die Zweigel,
     und Papierln ziagn im Fruahjåhrswind.

     Tender leaves shoot up from the grape,
     and the papers move in the spring wind.

3. (impersonal, intransitive) to be drafty; there to be a draft (current of air)

   Då ziagt's. ― There’s a draft.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ziagn

infinitive	ziagn
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	ziag	-	ziagad
2nd person sing.	ziagst	-	ziagadst
3rd person sing.	ziagt	-	ziagad
1st person plur.	ziagn	-	ziagadn
2nd person plur.	ziagts	-	ziagats
3rd person plur.	ziagn	-	ziagadn
imperative sing.	ziag
imperative plur.	ziagts
past participle	zogn

References

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