wissen
Meaning
- (intransitive,preterite-present,transitive) to know; to be aware of (a fact)
- (preterite-present) to remember (with noch)
Concepts
Synonyms
sich bewusst sein
drauf haben
über Kenntnisse verfügen
sich erinnern
sicher sein
sich merken
sich entsinnen
sie wissen
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
wüsse
St. Gallen
wüsse
Bern
wüsse
Aargau
wüsse
Basel-Landschaft
wüsse
Zug
wüsse
Zürich
wüssä
Bern
wüssä
Basel-Stadt
wüsse
Lucerne
wösse
Solothurn
wüsse
Graubünden
wüssa
Fribourg
wüsse
Aargau
wösse
Obwalden
wissä
Basel-Landschaft
wisse
St. Gallen
wössa
St. Gallen
wüssa
Schaffhausen
wüsse
Aargau
wüssä
Solothurn
wösse
Schwyz
wüsse
Thurgau
wüssä
Thurgau
wüsse
Valais
wissu
Basel-Landschaft
druuskoo
Basel-Landschaft
dusse haa
Basel-Stadt
wisse
Appenzell Innerrhoden
wesse
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Hyphenated as
wis‧sen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɪsn̩/
Etymology
In summary
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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