Wiesen

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːzən/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: Visen

Wiesen

1. plural of Wiese (“meadow”)

Wiesen n (proper noun, genitive Wiesens or (optionally with an article) Wiesen)

1. a community in northwestern Bavaria, Germany
2. a town in Burgenland, Austria

Wiesen m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Wiesens or (with an article) Wiesen, feminine genitive Wiesen, plural Wiesens or Wiesen)

1. a surname

From Middle High German wesen, from Old High German wesan, from the verb wesan (“to be, to exist”), from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Cognate with German Wesen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈviəzən/
• Rhymes: -iəzən

Wiesen n (plural Wiesen)

1. (uncountable) essence, substance
2. (uncountable) nature, character
3. (countable) being, creature