weisen

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪ̯zn̩/, /ˈvaɪ̯zən/

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• Hyphenation: wei‧sen
• Homophone: Waisen
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯zn̩

From Middle High German wīsen, from Old High German wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną.

weisen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present weist, past tense wies, past participle gewiesen, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive, rare) to point

   auf etwas weisen ― to point at something

2. (transitive) to indicate; to show

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weisen

1. inflection of weise:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

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From Middle High German and Old High German wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną. Cognate with German weisen, Dutch wijzen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑɪ̯zən/

weisen (third-person singular present weist, past participle gewisen, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to show, to indicate
2. (transitive) to show, to exhibit, to display
3. (transitive) to depict
4. (intransitive) to point
5. (reflexive) to show up, to show one's face