wisen

See also: wizen

English

Etymology

From wise +‎ -en.

Verb

wisen (third-person singular simple present wisens, present participle wisening, simple past and past participle wisened)

1. (intransitive) To become wise or wiser.
2. (transitive) To make wise or wiser.
   • 2016, Danny Barker, Alyn Shipton, A Life in Jazz, page 92:

     Joe laughed, saying, “Boy, I got to talk to you and wisen you up. […] ”

Usage notes

Usually followed by up: "The ignorant always wisen up." -Charles Neal.

Translations

Translations

• Russian: поумнеть (ru) pf (poumnetʹ)

Anagrams

• Wenis, Wiens, Wines, sewin, sinew, swein, swine, we'ins, wenis, wines

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːzən/

Verb

wisen

1. to point out, to indicate
2. to lead
3. to teach
4. to assign
5. to determine

Inflection

Conjugation of wisen (weak)

infinitive	base form	wisen
	genitive	wisens
	dative	wisene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		wise	—		wise	—
2nd person singular		wijs, wises	—		wijs, wises	—
3rd person singular		wijst, wiset	—		wise	—
1st person plural		wisen	—		wisen	—
2nd person plural		wijst, wiset	—		wijst, wiset	—
3rd person plural		wisen	—		wisen	—
		imperative
singular		wijs, wise
plural		wijst, wiset
		present	past
participle		wisende	—

Descendants

• Dutch: wijzen
• Limburgish: wieze

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wijss, wise, wyse, wysen

Etymology

Inherited from Old English wīsian, from Proto-West Germanic *wīsōn, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną; by surface analysis, wise (“way”) +‎ -en (infinitive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːzən/
• IPA^(key): /wiːs/ (Northern)

Verb

wisen (third-person singular simple present wiseth, present participle wisende, wisynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wised) (especially Northern)

1. (transitive) To direct or send:
   1. To reveal or point out (a path).
   2. To guide or lead through (a path).
   3. (rare) To move or travel.
2. (transitive) To rule or manage.
3. (transitive) To advise; to provide with advice.
4. (transitive, rare) To appear or emerge.

Conjugation

Conjugation of wisen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) wisen, wise
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	wise	wised
2nd-person singular	wisest	wisedest
3rd-person singular	wiseth	wised
subjunctive singular	wise
imperative singular		—
plural1	wisen, wise	wiseden, wisede
imperative plural	wiseth, wise	—
participles	wisynge, wisende	wised, ywised

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

Descendants

• English: wise (dialectal)
• Middle Scots: wise, wyse
  • Scots: wise, wize, wyse

References

• “wīsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną (“to make wise”).

Verb

wīsen

1. to indicate, show
2. to lead, bring
3. to call
4. to invite

Conjugation

Conjugation of wīsen (weak class 1)

infinitive	wīsen
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	wīsu	wīsta
2nd person singular	wīsis, wīsist	wīstōs, wīstōst
3rd person singular	wīsit	wīsta
1st person plural	wīsem, wīsemēs	wīstum, wīstumēs
2nd person plural	wīset	wīstut
3rd person plural	wīsent	wīstun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	wīse	wīsti
2nd person singular	wīsēs, wīsēst	wīstīs, wīstīst
3rd person singular	wīse	wīsti
1st person plural	wīsēm, wīsēn, wīsemēs	wīstīm, wīstīn, wīstīmēs
2nd person plural	wīsēt	wīstīt
3rd person plural	wīsēn	wīstīn
imperative	present
singular	wīsi
plural	wīset
participle	present	past
	wīsenti	giwīst

Derived terms

• daragiwīsen
• darawīsen
• firwīsen
• follawīsen
• framgiwīsen
• giwīsen
• zisamanewīsen
• ūzwīsen

Descendants

• Middle High German: wīsen
  • German: weisen
  • Luxembourgish: weisen
  • Yiddish: ווײַזן (vayzn)