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

See also

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

  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
present tense past tense
1st person singular visviste
2nd person sing. (jij) vistviste
2nd person sing. (u) vistviste
2nd person sing. (gij) vistviste
3rd person singular vistviste
plural vissenvisten
subjunctive sing.1 visseviste
subjunctive plur.1 vissenvisten
imperative sing. vis
imperative plur.1 vist
participles vissendgevist
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of 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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