weißen

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German

Alternative forms

  • weissen (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯sən/
  • Hyphenation: wei‧ßen
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Etymology 1

From weiß (white).

Verb

weißen (weak, third-person singular present weißt, past tense weißte, past participle geweißt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to whiten
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

weißen

  1. inflection of weiß:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

  • weißen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • weißen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • weißen” in Duden online
  • weißen” in OpenThesaurus.de