wissen

Meaning

  1. (intransitive,preterite-present,transitive) to know; to be aware of (a fact)
  2. (preterite-present) to remember (with noch)

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
wis‧sen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɪsn̩/
Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German wizzan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (“to see, to know”). Compare Dutch weten, Danish vide, Swedish veta, archaic Modern English wit and Latin videō (“to see”).

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