niesen

• IPA^(key): /ˈnisə(n)/
• Rhymes: -isən

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

niesen

1. (rare, intransitive) alternative form of niezen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

niesen

1. plural of niese

• ineens

• nießen (rare, reflecting the pronunciation with [s])

From Middle High German niesen, from Old High German niosan, from Proto-West Germanic *hneusan, from Proto-Germanic *hneusaną, a variant of *fneusaną. Cognate with Dutch niezen, Yiddish ניסן (nisn), English sneeze.

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːzən/, [ˈniːzən], [ˈniːzn̩] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈniːsən/ (just as common)

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niesen (weak or mixed, third-person singular present niest, past tense nieste, past participle geniest or (rare or humorous) genossen, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive) to sneeze

• By far the most common past participle is regular geniest. Only this form is correct by standard rules.
• Among those speakers who pronounce the verb with a voiceless [s]-sound, some few use the strong participle genossen, which in Standard German is only that of genießen (“to enjoy”). This usage is most often humorous, otherwise quite rare.

• Niesen (noun)

• “niesen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “niesen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “niesen” in Duden online
• niesen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

From Old Dutch *niesan

niesen

1. to sneeze

• fniesen

• Dutch: niezen
  • Afrikaans: nies

• “niesen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “niesen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II