pissen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pissen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪ.sə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pis‧sen
• Rhymes: -ɪsən

Verb

pissen

1. (colloquial) to piss

   Synonyms: piesen, plassen, zeiken

Inflection

Conjugation of pissen (weak)
infinitive	pissen
past singular	piste
past participle	gepist
infinitive	pissen
gerund	pissen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	pis	piste
2nd person sing. (jij)	pist	piste
2nd person sing. (u)	pist	piste
2nd person sing. (gij)	pist	piste
3rd person singular	pist	piste
plural	pissen	pisten
subjunctive sing.1	pisse	piste
subjunctive plur.1	pissen	pisten
imperative sing.	pis
imperative plur.1	pist
participles	pissend	gepist
1) Archaic.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pis

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German

Etymology

From northern Middle High German pissen and Middle Low German pissen. Perhaps borrowed through Middle Dutch pissen from Old French pissier, though the Germanic words are also sometimes considered independent onomatopoeias.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪsən/, [ˈpɪsn̩]
• Hyphenation: pis‧sen

• Audio:

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Verb

Template:de-verb-weak (colloquial, slightly vulgar)

1. to piss (urinate)
2. to piss down (rain heavily)

Synonyms

• pieseln
• pinkeln
• strullern
• urinieren
• Wasser lassen
• mikturieren

Related terms

• Pisse
• Pisser
• anpissen
• verpissen
• bepissen
• Pissnelke
• Pissoir
• Pisspott

Further reading

• “pissen” in Duden online

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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Verb

pissen

1. to piss

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: pissen

Further reading

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

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• pisse, pyssyn, pysse, pyschyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin *pissiō; equivalent to pisse +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpisən/, /ˈpiʃən/

Verb

pissen (vulgar)

1. To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals.
2. To eject any other substance through the genitals.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pissen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) pissen, pisse
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	pisse	pissed
2nd-person singular	pissest	pissedest
3rd-person singular	pisseth	pissed
subjunctive singular	pisse
imperative singular		—
plural1	pissen, pisse	pisseden, pissede
imperative plural	pisseth, pisse	—
participles	pissynge, pissende	pissed, ypissed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: piss
• Scots: pish

References

• “pissen (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-17.