vissen

See also: Vissen

Danish

Adjective

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

1. withered
2. (informal) drunk
   • 2017, Colleen Hoover (tr. 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?”

   • 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.

Synonyms

• (drunk): fuld

See also

• Thesaurus:da:fuld

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪ.sə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch visschen, from Old Dutch *fiskon, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Equivalent to vis +‎ -en.

Verb

vissen

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

Inflection

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

• afvissen
• opvissen
• visser

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vissen

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of vis

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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

References

• “vissen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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.