eisen
Dutch
Alternative forms
- eischen (obsolete)
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
- (transitive) to demand
- (transitive) to claim
- De ramp eiste het leven van 155 personen.
- The disaster claimed the lives of 155 individuals.
- (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
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: eis
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
eisen
- plural of eis
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯zən/, [ˈʔaɪ̯zn̩]
Audio: (file)
Etymology 1
Verb
eisen (weak, third-person singular present eist, past tense eiste, past participle geeist, auxiliary haben)
- to freeze
Conjugation
| infinitive | eisen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | eisend | ||||
| past participle | geeist | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich eise | wir eisen | i | ich eise | wir eisen |
| du eist | ihr eist | du eisest | ihr eiset | ||
| er eist | sie eisen | er eise | sie eisen | ||
| preterite | ich eiste | wir eisten | ii | ich eiste1 | wir eisten1 |
| du eistest | ihr eistet | du eistest1 | ihr eistet1 | ||
| er eiste | sie eisten | er eiste1 | sie eisten1 | ||
| imperative | eis (du) eise (du) |
eist (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
eisen (strong nominative masculine singular eisener, not comparable)
Declension
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist eisen | sie ist eisen | es ist eisen | sie sind eisen | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | eisener | eisene | eisenes | eisene |
| genitive | eisenen | eisener | eisenen | eisener | |
| dative | eisenem | eisener | eisenem | eisenen | |
| accusative | eisenen | eisene | eisenes | eisene | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der eisene | die eisene | das eisene | die eisenen |
| genitive | des eisenen | der eisenen | des eisenen | der eisenen | |
| dative | dem eisenen | der eisenen | dem eisenen | den eisenen | |
| accusative | den eisenen | die eisene | das eisene | die eisenen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein eisener | eine eisene | ein eisenes | (keine) eisenen |
| genitive | eines eisenen | einer eisenen | eines eisenen | (keiner) eisenen | |
| dative | einem eisenen | einer eisenen | einem eisenen | (keinen) eisenen | |
| accusative | einen eisenen | eine eisene | ein eisenes | (keine) eisenen | |
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
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)
- of iron
Declension
| 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
- first-person plural possessive, masculine object, nominative: our
- first-person plural possessive, masculine object, accusative: our
- first-person plural possessive, plural object, dative: to our
Declension
| 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
- singulative of ais
Mutation
| 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.