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Wissen

Wissen

See also: wissen

German

Noun

Wissen n (genitive Wissens, no plural)

  1. knowledge

See also

wissen

wissen

See also: Wissen

German

Etymology

From Old High German wizzan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see, know). Compare Dutch weten, Danish vide, Swedish veta, archaic Modern English verb wit and Latin videō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪsn̩/, /ˈvɪsən/

Verb

wissen (irregular, third-person singular simple present weiß, past tense wusste, past participle gewusst, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to know; to be aware of (a fact)
    Ich weiß, wo du bist. — “I know where you are.”
    von etwas wissen — “to know about something”

Usage notes

  • See kennen for the distinction between this verb and wissen.

Conjugation

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