genesen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German genesen, from Old High German ginesan, from Proto-Germanic *ganesaną, from *nesaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈneːzən/, [-neːzn̩] (Germany)
  • IPA(key): /ɡ̥eˈneːsɛn/, [-neːsn̩] (Austria)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧sen

Verb

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genesen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present genest, past tense genas, past participle genesen, past subjunctive genäse, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to recover; to recuperate
    Synonyms: gesund werden, rekonvaleszieren
    Antonyms: krank werden, erkranken
    nach langer Krankheit genesenrecovered after a long illness

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *ginesan, from Proto-Germanic *ganesaną. Equivalent to ge- +‎ nēsen.

Verb

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genēsen

  1. to survive (lethal danger)
  2. to save (from death)
  3. to get better, to heal, to recover (from a disease)
  4. to heal, to cure, to rid of disease

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • Dutch: genezen
  • Limburgish: genaeze

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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genesen m

  1. definite singular of genese

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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genesen m

  1. definite singular of genese

Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jeˈne.sen/, [jeˈne.zen]

Verb

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ġenesen

  1. plural present subjunctive of ġenesan

Participle

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ġenesen

  1. past participle of ġenesan