wissen

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Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Cognate of German wischen.

Verb [edit]

wissen

  1. to erase

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Noun [edit]

wissen

  1. plural form of wis

German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old High German wizzan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-, *wid- (see, know). Compare German wissen, Danish vide, Swedish veta and archaic Modern English verb wit.

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  • IPA: /ˈvɪsn̩/, /ˈvɪsən/

Verb [edit]

wissen (irregular, third-person singular simple present weiß, past tense wusste, past participle gewusst, 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”

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