wissen

== Bavarian == === Alternative forms === wissn, wiss'n === Etymology === From Middle High German wiȥȥen, from Old High German wiȥȥan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan. Cognates include German wissen and Luxembourgish wëssen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvisn̩/ Hyphenation: wis‧sen === Verb === wissen (transitive) to know === 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)/ Hyphenation: wis‧sen Rhymes: -ɪsən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch wisschen, from Old Dutch *wisken, from Proto-Germanic *wiskijaną. ==== Verb ==== wissen (transitive) to erase ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== uitwissen wisser === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== wissen plural of wis == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German wiȥȥen and Old High German wiȥȥan, 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, English wit and Latin videō (“to see”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɪsn̩/, /ˈvɪsən/ Hyphenation: wis‧sen Rhymes: -ɛsn̩ === 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) von etwas wissen ― to know about something (transitive, higher register) to be assured that something or someone is in a certain state sich in Sicherheit wissen ― to be assured that one is safe die Wählerschaft hinter sich wissen ― to be assured of the electorate's support Ich will einfach nur meine Kinder in guten Händen wissen. ― All I want is to be sure that my children are in good hands. to remember (with noch) ==== Usage notes ==== See kennen for the distinction between this verb and wissen. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “wissen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “wissen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “wissen” in Duden online “wissen” in OpenThesaurus.de wissen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Middle English == === Verb === wissen To be familiar with. 1475, [unknown translator], Sidrak and Bokkus, translation of Livre de la fontaine de toutes sciences