eisen

See also: Eisen

Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛi̯sə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ei‧sen
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯sən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch eischen, from Old Dutch *eiskon, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn.

Verb

eisen

  1. (transitive) to demand
  2. (transitive) to claim
    De ramp eiste het leven van 155 personen.
    The disaster claimed the lives of 155 individuals.
  3. (transitive) to require
Conjugation
Conjugation of eisen (weak)
infinitive eisen
past singular eiste
past participle geëist
infinitive eisen
gerund eisen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular eis eiste
2nd person sing. (jij) eist, eis2 eiste
2nd person sing. (u) eist eiste
2nd person sing. (gij) eist eiste
3rd person singular eist eiste
plural eisen eisten
subjunctive sing.1 eise eiste
subjunctive plur.1 eisen eisten
imperative sing. eis
imperative plur.1 eist
participles eisend geëist
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Synonyms

(require):

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: eis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

eisen

  1. plural of eis

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯zən/, [ˈʔaɪ̯zn̩]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Eis +‎ -en

Verb

eisen (weak, third-person singular present eist, past tense eiste, past participle geeist, auxiliary haben)

  1. to freeze
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Eisen +‎ -en

Adjective

eisen (strong nominative masculine singular eisener, not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) of iron
    Synonym: eisern
Declension

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

eisen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えいせん

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɑɪ̯zən]

Etymology 1

From Middle High German īsenīn, from Old High German īsīn; see Eisen. Cognate with German eisen, eisern.

Adjective

eisen (masculine eisenen, neuter eisent, not comparable)

  1. of iron
Declension
Declension of eisen
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass si ass et ass si si(nn)
nominative /
accusative
attributive and/or after determiner eisenen eisent
independent without determiner eisenes eisener
dative after any declined word eisenen eisener eisenen eisenen
as first declined word eisenem eisenem

Etymology 2

From Middle High German and Old High German unsar, from Proto-West Germanic *unsar.

Pronoun

eisen

  1. first-person plural possessive, masculine object, nominative: our
  2. first-person plural possessive, masculine object, accusative: our
  3. first-person plural possessive, plural object, dative: to our
Declension
Luxembourgish possessive pronouns
nominative / accusative dative
singular possessum plural
possessum
singular possessum plural
possessum
m f n m f n
singular
possessor
1st person mäin meng mäin meng mengem menger mengem mengen
2nd person informal däin deng däin deng dengem denger dengem dengen
formal Ären Är Äert Är Ärem Ärer Ärem Ären
3rd person m or n säin seng säin seng sengem senger sengem sengen
f hiren hir hiert hir hirem hirer hirem hiren
plural
possessor
1st person eisen eis eist eis eisem eiser eisem eisen
2nd person ären är äert är ärem ärer ärem ären
3rd person hiren hir hiert hir hirem hirer hirem hiren

Welsh

Noun

eisen f

  1. singulative of ais

Mutation

Mutated forms of eisen
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
eisen unchanged unchanged heisen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.