genesen

German

Genesen

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡəˈneːzn̩]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧sen

Verb

1. (intransitive) to recover; to recuperate

   nach langer Krankheit genesen - recovered after a long illness

Related terms

• Genesung

Synonyms

• gesund werden

Antonyms

• krank werden
• erkranken

Further reading

• “genesen” in Duden online

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: genezen
• Limburgish: genaeze

Further reading

• “ghenesen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “genesen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

genesen m

1. definite singular of genese

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

genesen m

1. definite singular of genese