niesen

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnisə(n)/ Rhymes: -isən === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== niesen (rare, intransitive) alternative form of niezen ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== niesen plural of niese === Anagrams === ineens == German == === Alternative forms === nießen (rare, reflecting the pronunciation with [s]) === Etymology === From Middle High German niesen, from Old High German niosan, from Proto-West Germanic *hneusan, from Proto-Germanic *hneusaną, a variant of *fneusaną. Cognate with Dutch niezen, Yiddish ניסן (nisn), English sneeze. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈniːzən/, [ˈniːzən], [ˈniːzn̩] (standard) IPA(key): /ˈniːsən/ (just as common) === Verb === niesen (weak or mixed, third-person singular present niest, past tense nieste, past participle geniest or (rare or humorous) genossen, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to sneeze ==== Usage notes ==== By far the most common past participle is regular geniest. Only this form is correct by standard rules. Among those speakers who pronounce the verb with a voiceless [s]-sound, some few use the strong participle genossen, which in Standard German is only that of genießen (“to enjoy”). This usage is most often humorous, otherwise quite rare. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Niesen (noun) === Further reading === “niesen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “niesen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “niesen” in Duden online niesen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *niesan === Verb === niesen to sneeze ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== fniesen ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: niezen Afrikaans: nies === Further reading === “niesen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “niesen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German niosan, from Proto-West Germanic *hneusan, from Proto-Germanic *hneusaną. Cognate with Old English *hnēosan and Old Norse hnjósa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈniə̯s̠ən/ === Verb === niesen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present niuset, past tense nōs, past participle genorn, past subjunctive nür, auxiliary hān) to sneeze ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “niesen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel