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Niesen

Niesen

See also: niesen

German

Noun

Niesen n (genitive Niesens, no plural)

  1. gerund of niesen; sneeze

Declension

Related terms

niesen

niesen

See also: Niesen

Dutch

Verb

niesen

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) Alternative form of niezen
Inflection
Inflection of niesen (weak)
infinitive niesen
past singular nieste
past participle geniest
infinitive niesen
gerund niesen n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular nies nieste
2nd person sing. (jij) niest nieste
2nd person sing. (u) niest nieste
2nd person sing. (gij) niest nieste
3rd person singular niest nieste
plural niesen niesten
subjunctive sing.1 niese nieste
subjunctive plur.1 niesen niesten
imperative sing. nies
imperative plur.1 niest
participles niesend geniest
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

Noun

niesen

  1. Plural form of niese

Anagrams


German

Etymology

From Old High German niosan, from Proto-Germanic *hneusaną, a variant of *fneusaną. Cognate with Dutch niezen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniːzən/, [ˈniːzən], [ˈniːzn̩] (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈniːsən/ (just as common)

Verb

niesen (third-person singular simple present niest, past tense nieste, past participle geniest or genossen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to sneeze

Usage notes

  • By far the most common past participle is regular geniest. Only this form is correct by standard rules.
  • Among those speakers who pronounce the verb with a voiceless [s]-sound, some few use the strong participle genossen, which is more properly that of genießen (to enjoy). This usage is most often humorous, otherwise quite rare.

Conjugation

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Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Dutch *niosan, from Proto-Germanic *hneusaną.

Verb

niesen

  1. to sneeze, exhale explosively

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants