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German
- weissen (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯sən/
- Hyphenation: wei‧ßen
Etymology 1
From weiß (“white”).
Verb
weißen (weak, third-person singular present weißt, past tense weißte, past participle geweißt, auxiliary haben)
- to whiten
Conjugation
Conjugation of
weißen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
weißen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
weißen
- inflection of weiß:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- 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