wissen

See also: Wissen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪsən

Etymology 1

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

Verb

wissen

  1. to erase
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 wiswiste
2nd person sing. (jij) wistwiste
2nd person sing. (u) wistwiste
2nd person sing. (gij) wistwiste
3rd person singular wistwiste
plural wissenwisten
subjunctive sing.1 wissewiste
subjunctive plur.1 wissenwisten
imperative sing. wis
imperative plur.1 wist
participles wissendgewist
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

wissen

  1. Plural form of wis

German

Etymology

From Old High German wizzan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see, know). Compare Dutch weten, Danish vide, Swedish veta, archaic Modern English verb wit and Latin videō.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪsn̩/, /ˈvɪsən/

Verb

wissen (irregular, third-person singular simple present weiß, past tense wusste, past participle gewusst, 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 wissen — “to know about something”
  2. to remember
    • 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

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

Conjugation

Further reading

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