vissen

See also: Vissen

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish wisæn, from Old Norse visinn.

Adjective

vissen (neuter vissent, plural and definite singular attributive visne)

1. withered
2. (informal) drunk

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fuld

   • 2017, Colleen Hoover, translated by Dorte Andersson, Det ender med os, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     ”Hvordan skal jeg forsøge at gøre dig tyk i aften, hvis du ikke er lidt vissen?”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2014, Samuel Bjørk, Der hænger en engel alene i skoven, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:

     Hun begyndte at blive lidt vissen nu, det gjorde det lettere at tænke.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Inflection of vissen

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	vissen	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	vissent	—	—2
plural	visne	—	—2
definite attributive1	visne	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

• visne
• stangvissen
• halvvissen

References

• “vissen” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vissen” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪ.sə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪsən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch visschen, from Old Dutch *fiscon, from Proto-West Germanic *fiskōn. Equivalent to vis +‎ -en.

Verb

vissen

1. to fish, to try to catch fish
2. to fish (trying to get information)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vissen (weak)
infinitive	vissen
past singular	viste
past participle	gevist
infinitive	vissen
gerund	vissen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	vis	viste
2nd person sing. (jij)	vist, vis2	viste
2nd person sing. (u)	vist	viste
2nd person sing. (gij)	vist	viste
3rd person singular	vist	viste
plural	vissen	visten
subjunctive sing.1	visse	viste
subjunctive plur.1	vissen	visten
imperative sing.	vis
imperative plur.1	vist
participles	vissend	gevist
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• achter het net vissen
• afvissen
• naast het net vissen
• opvissen
• uitvissen
• visser

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vis
• Jersey Dutch: fässe
• Negerhollands: fes, fis
• →? Sranan Tongo: fisi
  • → Lokono: fishidin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vissen

1. plural of vis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse visinn. Cognate with Danish vissen and Swedish vissen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋîsen/

Adjective

vissen (neuter singular vissent, definite singular and plural visne)

1. withered; wizened, wizen

References

• “vissen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• visen

Etymology

From Old Norse visinn. Cognate with Danish vissen and Swedish vissen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɪsːn̩/

Adjective

vissen (neuter singular visse or vissent, definite singular and plural visne, comparative visnare, indefinite superlative visnast, definite superlative visnaste)

1. withered

References

• “vissen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

vissen (comparative vissnare, superlative vissnast)

1. withered, wilted (of a plant, or figuratively of humans and animals and things)
2. (figuratively) under the weather

   Jag känner mig lite vissen

   I'm feeling a bit under the weather

Declension

Inflection of vissen

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	vissen	vissnare	vissnast
neuter singular	visset	vissnare	vissnast
plural	vissna	vissnare	vissnast
masculine plural2	vissne	vissnare	vissnast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	vissne	vissnare	vissnaste
all	vissna	vissnare	vissnaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• vissna (“to wilt, to wither”)

References

• “vissen”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vissen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vissen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)