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Yiddish
Etymology
Most likely borrowed from Lithuanian gaišti (“to waste (e.g. time), to delay”) + ־ען (-en).
Pronunciation
Verb
גײַסענען • (gaysenen) (past participle געגײַסענט (gegaysent) or געגײַסנט (gegaysnt))
- (dialectal) to waste one's time
Conjugation
References
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “גײַסענען”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “גײַסענען” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .