ziagn

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German ziehen, from Old High German ziohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan. Cognates include German ziehen and Luxembourgish zéien.

Pronunciation

  • (Vienna) IPA(key): /ˈt͡siɐ̯ŋ/
  • Hyphenation: ziagn

Verb

ziagn (past participle zogn)

  1. (transitive) to pull
    Synonym: zaan
  2. (intransitive) to move; to migrate
    • 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Impression im März:
      Zårte Blatterl schiaßen aus die Zweigel,
      und Papierln ziagn im Fruahjåhrswind.
      Tender leaves shoot up from the grape,
      and the papers move in the spring wind.
  3. (impersonal, intransitive) to be drafty; there to be a draft (current of air)
    ziagt's.There’s a draft.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ziagn
infinitive ziagn
past participle zogn
present past subjunctive
1st person singular ziag ziagad
2nd person singular ziagst ziagadst
3rd person singular ziagt ziagad
1st person plural ziagn ziagadn
2nd person plural ziagts ziagats
3rd person plural ziagn ziagadn
imperative
singular ziag
plural ziagts

References

  • Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “dsiagn”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT