ziagn

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Bavarian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German ziehen, from Old High German ziohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan. Cognates include German ziehen and Luxembourgish zéien.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ziagn (past participle zogn)

  1. (transitive) to pull
    Synonym: zaan
  2. (intransitive) to move; to migrate
    • 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Impression im März:
      Zårte Blatterl schiaßen aus die Zweigel,
      und Papierln ziagn im Fruahjåhrswind.
      Tender leaves shoot up from the grape,
      and the papers move in the spring wind.
  3. (impersonal, intransitive) to be drafty; there to be a draft (current of air)
    ziagt's.There’s a draft.

Conjugation

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References

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