vissen

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse visinn; see visne (“to wither”).

Adjective

vissen (neuter vissent, plural and definite singular attributive visne)

withered
(informal) drunk
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fuld
- 2017, Colleen Hoover, translated by Dorte Andersson, Det ender med os, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
  ”Hvordan skal jeg forsøge at gøre dig tyk i aften, hvis du ikke er lidt vissen?”
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2014, Samuel Bjørk, Der hænger en engel alene i skoven, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:
  Hun begyndte at blive lidt vissen nu, det gjorde det lettere at tænke.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɪ.sə(n)/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɪsən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch visschen, from Old Dutch *fiscon, from Proto-West Germanic *fiskōn. Equivalent to vis +‎ -en.

Verb

vissen

to fish, to try to catch fish
to fish (trying to get information)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vissen (weak)
infinitive	vissen
past singular	viste
past participle	gevist
infinitive	vissen
gerund	vissen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	vis	viste
2nd person sing. (jij)	vist, vis²	viste
2nd person sing. (u)	vist	viste
2nd person sing. (gij)	vist	viste
3rd person singular	vist	viste
plural	vissen	visten

subjunctive sing.¹	visse	viste
subjunctive plur.¹	vissen	visten

imperative sing.	vis
imperative plur.¹	vist

participles	vissend	gevist
¹⁾ Archaic. ²⁾ In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: vis
Jersey Dutch: fässe
Negerhollands: fes, fis
→? Sranan Tongo: fisi
- → Lokono: fishidin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vissen

plural of vis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse visinn. Cognate with Danish vissen and Swedish vissen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋîsen/

Adjective

vissen (neuter singular vissent, definite singular and plural visne)

withered; wizened, wizen

References

“vissen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

visen

Etymology

From Old Norse visinn. Cognate with Danish vissen and Swedish vissen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ʋɪsːn̩/

Adjective

vissen (neuter singular visse or vissent, definite singular and plural visne, comparative visnare, indefinite superlative visnast, definite superlative visnaste)

withered

References

“vissen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

vissen (comparative vissnare, superlative vissnast)

withered, wilted (of a plant, or figuratively of humans and animals and things)
(figuratively) under the weather
Jag känner mig lite vissen
I'm feeling a bit under the weather

Declension

Inflection of **vissen**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	vissen	vissnare	vissnast
neuter singular	visset	vissnare	vissnast
plural	vissna	vissnare	vissnast
masculine plural²	vissne	vissnare	vissnast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	vissne	vissnare	vissnaste
all	vissna	vissnare	vissnaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

vissna (“to wilt, to wither”)

References