wissen

• wissn, wiss'n

From Middle High German wizzen, from Old High German wizzan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan. Cognates include German wissen and Luxembourgish wëssen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvisn̩/
• Hyphenation: wis‧sen

wissen

1. (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.

• Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “wissn”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT

• wisschen (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɪ.sə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: wis‧sen
• Rhymes: -ɪsən

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

wissen

1. (transitive) to erase

• uitwissen
• wisser

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

wissen

1. plural of wis

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪsn̩/, /ˈvɪsən/

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• Hyphenation: wis‧sen

wissen (preterite-present, third-person singular present weiß, past tense wusste, past participle gewusst, past subjunctive wüsste, 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

   1. (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.

2. 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?"

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

• “wissen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “wissen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “wissen” in Duden online
• “wissen” in OpenThesaurus.de
•   wissen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

wissen

1. To be familiar with.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Freres Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Or we depart I shal thee so wel wisse / That of min hous ne shalt thou never misse

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   • 1475, [unknown translator], Sidrak and Bokkus, translation of Livre de la fontaine de toutes sciences

     Shullen men chastice wymmen and wisse / Wiþ betyng whan þei done amisse?

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