wesse
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- wösse, wosse (Eifel)
Etymology
From Old High German wizzan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋesə/
Verb
wesse (third-person singular present weeß or weiß or wääß, past tense woss or wosst, participle jewoss or gewosst)
- (most dialects) to know; to be aware (of a fact)
- Wa’ meng Frau wöss, datt ich hee öm halver zwei noch en der Wirtschaff setze, do krääch ich se ävver!
- If my wife knew that I’m still sitting here in the pub at half past one, I’d get slapped.
Usage notes
- The forms weeß, weiß; woss; jewoss are Ripuarian (weiß being Kölsch). The forms weeß, wääß; wosst; gewosst are Moselle Franconian.
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French wespe, from a conflation of Latin vespa and Old Frankish *wespa, *wapsa (“wasp”), from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (“wasp”).
Noun
wesse f (plural wesses)
- wasp