vissen

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

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

1. withered
2. (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)

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪ.sə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsən

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

vissen

1. to fish, to try to catch fish
2. to fish (trying to get information)

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.

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vissen

1. plural of vis

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋîsen/

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

1. withered; wizened, wizen

• “vissen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• visen

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

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɪsːn̩/

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

1. withered

• “vissen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

vissen (comparative vissnare, superlative vissnast)

1. withered, wilted (of a plant, or figuratively of humans and animals and things)
2. (figuratively) under the weather

   Jag känner mig lite vissen

   I'm feeling a bit under the weather

• vissna (“to wilt, to wither”)

• vissen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vissen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vissen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)