eisen

See also: Eisen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛi̯sə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ei‧sen
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯sən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch eischen, from Old Dutch *eiskon, from Proto-Germanic *aiskōną.

Verb

eisen

1. (transitive) to demand
2. (transitive) to claim

   De ramp eiste het leven van 155 personen.

   The disaster claimed the lives of 155 individuals.

3. (transitive) to require

Inflection

Conjugation of eisen (weak)
infinitive	eisen
past singular	eiste
past participle	geëist
infinitive	eisen
gerund	eisen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	eis	eiste
2nd person sing. (jij)	eist, eis2	eiste
2nd person sing. (u)	eist	eiste
2nd person sing. (gij)	eist	eiste
3rd person singular	eist	eiste
plural	eisen	eisten
subjunctive sing.1	eise	eiste
subjunctive plur.1	eisen	eisten
imperative sing.	eis
imperative plur.1	eist
participles	eisend	geëist
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Synonyms

(require):

• vereisen
• vragen

Derived terms

• eiser
• opeisen
• veeleisend
• vereisen

Related terms

• eis

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

eisen

1. plural of eis

Anagrams

• niese

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯zən/, [ˈʔaɪ̯zn̩]

Verb

1. To freeze

Related terms

• Eis

Adjective

eisen (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) of iron

Synonyms

• eisern

Further reading

• “eisen” in Duden online

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Japanese

Romanization

eisen

1. Rōmaji transcription of えいせん

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈai̯zen/, [ˈɑɪ̯zən]

Etymology 1

From Middle High German īsenīn, from Old High German īsīn. Cognate with German eisen, eisern.

Adjective

eisen (masculine eisenen, neuter eisent, not comparable)

1. of iron

Declension

declension of eisen

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass eisen	si ass eisen	et ass eisen	si si(nn) eisen
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	eisenen	eisen	eisent	eisen
	independent without determiner			eisenes	eisener
dative	after any declined word	eisenen	eisener	eisenen	eisenen
	as first declined word	eisenem		eisenem

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Pronoun

eisen

1. first-person plural possessive, masculine object, nominative: our
2. first-person plural possessive, masculine object, accusative: our
3. first-person plural possessive, plural object, dative: to our

Declension

Luxembourgish possessive pronouns

	nominative / accusative				dative
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
1st person singular	mäin	meng	mäin	meng	mengem	menger	mengem	mengen
2nd person singular (informal)	däin	deng	däin	deng	dengem	denger	dengem	dengen
2nd person singular (formal)	Ären	Är	Äert	Är	Ärem	Ärer	Ärem	Ären
3rd person singular (m/n)	säin	seng	säin	seng	sengem	senger	sengem	sengen
3rd person singular (f)	hiren	hir	hiert	hir	hirem	hirer	hirem	hiren
1st person plural	eisen	eis	eist	eis	eisem	eiser	eisem	eisen
2nd person plural	ären	är	äert	är	ärem	ärer	ärem	ären
3rd person plural	hiren	hir	hiert	hir	hirem	hirer	hirem	hiren

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Welsh

Noun

eisen f

1. Template:singulative of

Synonyms

• asen

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
eisen	unchanged	unchanged	heisen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.