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English
Etymology 1
See pisane.
Noun
pesen (plural pesens)
- Obsolete form of pisane.
Etymology 2
See pease and that word's relevant plural form, peasen.
Noun
pesen
- (obsolete) plural of pease
References
- NED VII (O, P; 1st ed., 1909), § 2 (P), page 741/2, “Pesen”
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
pesen
- third-person plural present indicative of pesar
Cornish
Noun
pesen f
- singulative of pys (“peas”)
- singulative of pes (“peas”)
Finnish
Verb
pesen
- first-person singular present indicative of pestä
Galician
Verb
pesen
- inflection of pesar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
German
Etymology
Duden says the etymology is unsettled. Some etymologists, including Pfeifer and Wahrig, trace it back to English pace, but this association may be secondary. A relation with Dutch pezen (“to work hard; to run quickly”) is probable. This Dutch verb was attested as early as 1632 and is related to pees (“sinew”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeːzən/, /ˈpeːsən/
Verb
pesen (weak, third-person singular present pest, past tense peste, past participle gepest, auxiliary sein)
- (chiefly colloquial) to run quickly (usually implying haste or confusion)
Als er gemerkt hat, dass er sein Portmonee vergessen hatte, ist er wie ein Verrückter zurück zum Laden gepest.- When he realized that he'd left his purse, he raced back to the shop like a madman.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
pesen (
weak, auxiliary
sein)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
pesen (
weak, auxiliary
sein)
Further reading
- “pesen” in Duden online
- “pesen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English pisan, *peosan; equivalent to pese + -en (plural suffix).
Noun
pesen
- plural of pese
Descendants
Spanish
Verb
pesen
- inflection of pesar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative