wissen
See also: Wissen
Bavarian
Alternative forms
- wissn, wiss'n
Etymology
From Middle High German wizzen, from Old High German wizzan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan. Cognates include German wissen and Luxembourgish wëssen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvisn̩/
- Hyphenation: wis‧sen
Verb
wissen
- (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
- Maria Hornung; Sigmar Grüner (2002), “wissn”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
Dutch
Alternative forms
- wisschen (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɪ.sə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: wis‧sen
- Rhymes: -ɪsən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch wisschen, from Old Dutch *wisken, from Proto-Germanic *wiskijaną.
Inflection
| 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 terms
- uitwissen
- wisser
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
German
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪsn̩/, /ˈvɪsən/
audio (file) audio (file) Audio (Bavarian) (file) - Hyphenation: wis‧sen
Verb
wissen (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?"
- 1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, ‘Schneeschmelze’:
Usage notes
- See kennen for the distinction between this verb and wissen.
Conjugation
Conjugation of wissen (preterite-present, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | wissen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | wissend | ||||
| past participle | gewusst | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 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.
Composed forms of wissen (preterite-present, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- weiß der Geier
- weiß der Kuckuck
- weiß der Teufel
- Wissen
- Wissenschaft
- zu schätzen wissen
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