niesen

to sneeze

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

häbsche

Aargau

Aargau

pfnochse

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

niesse

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈniːzən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German niesen, from Old High German niosan, from Proto-West Germanic *hneusan, from Proto-Germanic *hneusaną, a variant of *fneusaną. Cognate with Dutch niezen, Yiddish ניסן (nisn), English sneeze.

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