ziehen ↔ pull · German · learnfeliz · Learn new languages for free!

(class-2, intransitive, strong, transitive) to pull; to drag
(class-2, strong, transitive) to draw (e.g. a weapon); to extract; to puff
(class-2, strong, transitive) to draw (a conclusion, lesson, etc.)
(class-2, impersonal, intransitive, strong) to be drafty; there to be a draft (current of air)
(class-2, intransitive, strong) to move; to migrate
(class-2, intransitive, strong) to roam; to head
(class-2, reflexive, strong) to stretch; to warp
(class-2, strong) pull

Opposite of

drücken

Frequency

Zürich

zieh

Aargau

zieh

Bern

zieh

Basel-Landschaft

zieh

St. Gallen

zieh

Lucerne

zieh

Basel-Stadt

zieh

Zug

zieh

Zürich

ziäh

Graubünden

zücha

Bern

ziehä

Bern

ziehe

St. Gallen

züche

Solothurn

zieh

Obwalden

ziä

Obwalden

ziäh

Aargau

züche

St. Gallen

zücha

St. Gallen

züha

St. Gallen

ziehe

Schaffhausen

zieh

Solothurn

ziiehe

Solothurn

zue

Schwyz

zieh

Thurgau

zieh

Thurgau

züche

Valais

zieh

Zug

ziäh

Zug

zie

Aargau

zieä

Bern

ziäh

Bern

zie

Appenzell Innerrhoden

zööche

Basel-Landschaft

zie

Basel-Stadt

zie

Fribourg

zieh

Zürich

züche

Lucerne

zie

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡siːən/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Low German

Cognate with Gothic

Cognate with Middle Dutch

Cognate with Old English

Cognate with Old Norse

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with English

In summary

From Middle High German ziehen, from Old High German ziohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan, from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Low German tehn, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (tiuhan), Middle Dutch tīen, Old English tēon, Old Norse toga, West Frisian tsjen. Compare obsolete English tee (“to draw, lead, proceed”) and from the same root as English tie.