vissen
See also: Vissen
Danish
Adjective
vissen (neuter vissent, plural and definite singular attributive visne)
- withered
- (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.
- 2017, Colleen Hoover (tr. by Dorte Andersson), Det ender med os, Lindhardt og Ringhof (ISBN 9788711796580)
Synonyms
- (drunk): fuld
See also
- Thesaurus:da:fuld
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪ.sə(n)/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪsən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch visschen, from Old Dutch *fiskon, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Equivalent to vis + -en.
Verb
vissen
- to fish, to try to catch fish
- to fish (trying to get information)
Inflection
| Inflection of vissen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vissen | |||
| past singular | viste | |||
| past participle | gevist | |||
| infinitive | vissen | |||
| gerund | vissen n | |||
| 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
- afvissen
- opvissen
- visser
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
vissen
- 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)
- withered
References
- “vissen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- visen
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)
- withered
References
- “vissen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.