genesen

German

Genesen

Etymology

From Old High German ginesan, from Proto-Germanic *ganesaną, from *nesaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡəˈneːzn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧sen

Verb

genesen (class 5 strong, third-person singular simple present genest, past tense genas, past participle genesen, past subjunctive genäse, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to recover; to recuperate
    nach langer Krankheit genesen - recovered after a long illness

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • gesund werden

Antonyms

Further reading


Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *ginesan, from Proto-Germanic *ganesaną. Equivalent to ge- + nēsen.

Verb

genēsen

  1. to survive (lethal danger)
  2. to save (from death)
  3. to get better, to heal, to recover (from a disease)
  4. to heal, to cure, to rid of disease

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • ghenesen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • genesen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

genesen m

  1. definite singular of genese

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

genesen m

  1. definite singular of genese
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