vissen

See also: Vissen

Danish

Adjective

vissen (neuter vissent, plural and definite singular attributive visne)

  1. withered
  2. (informal) drunk
    • 2017, Colleen Hoover (tr. by Dorte Andersson), Det ender med os, Lindhardt og Ringhof (ISBN 9788711796580)
      ”Hvordan skal jeg forsøge at gøre dig tyk i aften, hvis du ikke er lidt vissen?”
    • 2014, Samuel Bjørk, Der hænger en engel alene i skoven, Rosinante & Co (ISBN 9788763834162)
      Hun begyndte at blive lidt vissen nu, det gjorde det lettere at tænke.

Synonyms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪ.sə(n)/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch visschen, from Old Dutch *fiskon, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Equivalent to vis +‎ -en.

Verb

vissen

  1. to fish, to try to catch fish
  2. to fish (trying to get information)
Inflection
Inflection of vissen (weak)
infinitive vissen
past singular viste
past participle gevist
infinitive vissen
gerund vissen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular vis viste
2nd person sing. (jij) vist viste
2nd person sing. (u) vist viste
2nd person sing. (gij) vist viste
3rd person singular vist viste
plural vissen visten
subjunctive sing.1 visse viste
subjunctive plur.1 vissen visten
imperative sing. vis
imperative plur.1 vist
participles vissend gevist
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

vissen

  1. Plural form of vis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse visinn. Cognate with Danish vissen and Swedish vissen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋîsen/

Adjective

vissen (neuter singular vissent, definite singular and plural visne)

  1. withered

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse visinn. Cognate with Danish vissen and Swedish vissen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʋɪsːn̩/

Adjective

vissen (neuter singular visse or vissent, definite singular and plural visne, comparative visnare, indefinite superlative visnast, definite superlative visnaste)

  1. withered

References

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