weisen

See also: Weisen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯zn̩/, /ˈvaɪ̯zən/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: Waisen

Etymology 1

From Middle High German wīsen, from Old High German wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną.

Verb

weisen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present weist, past tense wies, past participle gewiesen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, rare) to point
    auf etwas weisento point at something
  2. (transitive) to indicate; to show
Conjugation

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Derived terms
  • Wegweiser

Adjective

weisen

  1. inflection of weise:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

  • weisen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • weisen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • weisen” in Duden online
  • weisen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Dutch wijzen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑɪ̯zən/

Verb

weisen (third-person singular present weist, past participle gewisen, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to show, to indicate
  2. (transitive) to show, to exhibit, to display
  3. (transitive) to depict
  4. (intransitive) to point
  5. (reflexive) to show up, to show one's face

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

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