wissen
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From Middle High German wizzen, from Old High German wizzan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan. Cognates include German wissen and Luxembourgish wëssen.
wissen
From Middle Dutch wisschen, from Old Dutch *wisken, from Proto-Germanic *wiskijaną.
wissen
Conjugation 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. |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
wissen
From 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”).
wissen (preterite-present, third-person singular present weiß, past tense wusste, past participle gewusst, past subjunctive wüsste, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | 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.
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