From Middle High German kiesen, from Old High German kiosan, from Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to choose”).
Cognate with Low German kesen, Dutch kiezen, English choose, Danish kyse, Icelandic kjósa, Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan).
kiesen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present (obsolete) kiest, past tense (archaic) kor, past participle (archaic) gekoren, past subjunctive (archaic) köre, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | kiesen1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | kiesend1 | ||||
| past participle | gekoren2 | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich kiese1 | wir kiesen1 | i | ich kiese1 | wir kiesen1 |
| du kiest1 | ihr kiest1 | du kiesest1 | ihr kieset1 | ||
| er kiest1 | sie kiesen1 | er kiese1 | sie kiesen1 | ||
| preterite | ich kor2 | wir koren2 | ii | ich köre2,3 | wir kören2,3 |
| du korst2 | ihr kort2 | du körest2,3 du körst2,3 |
ihr köret2,3 ihr kört2,3 | ||
| er kor2 | sie koren2 | er köre2,3 | sie kören2,3 | ||
| imperative | kies (du)1 kiese (du)1 |
kiest (ihr)1 | |||
1Obsolete.
2Archaic.
3Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
1Archaic.
2Obsolete.
kiesen
| Strong class 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | kiesen | |
| 3rd sg. past | côos | |
| 3rd pl. past | cōren | |
| Past participle | gecōren | |
| Infinitive | kiesen | |
| In genitive | kiesens | |
| In dative | kiesene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | kiese | côos |
| 2nd singular | kies, kieses | cōors, cōres |
| 3rd singular | kiest, kieset | côos |
| 1st plural | kiesen | cōren |
| 2nd plural | kiest, kieset | cōort, cōret |
| 3rd plural | kiesen | cōren |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | kiese | cōre |
| 2nd singular | kies, kieses | cōres |
| 3rd singular | kiese | cōre |
| 1st plural | kiesen | cōren |
| 2nd plural | kiest, kieset | cōret |
| 3rd plural | kiesen | cōren |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | kies, kiese | |
| Plural | kiest, kieset | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | kiesende | gecōren |
Inherited from Old High German kiosan.
kiesen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present kiuset, past tense kôs, past participle gekorn, past subjunctive kür, auxiliary hân)
| infinitive | kiesen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive gerund | kiesennes kiesenes | ||||
| dative gerund | kiesenne kiesene | ||||
| present participle | kiesende | ||||
| past participle | gekorn | ||||
| auxiliary | hân | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich kiuse | wir kiesen | i | ich kiese | wir kiesen |
| du kiusest | ir kieset | du kiesest | ir kieset | ||
| ër kiuset | sie kiesent | ër kiese | sie kiesen | ||
| preterite | ich kôs | wir kurn | ii | ich kür | wir kürn |
| du kür | ir kurt | du kürst | ir kürt | ||
| ër kôs | sie kurn | ër kür | sie kürn | ||
| imperative | kius (du) | kieset (ir) | |||