wissen — to know in German
/ˈvɪsn̩/
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kennen
to know
das Wissen
knowledge
die Wissenschaft
science
wissend
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Word Family
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Example Sentences
Ich weiß es nicht.
I don't know.
Weißt du, wo er ist?
Do you know where he is?
Conjugation
| Pronoun | Present | Past |
|---|---|---|
| ich | weiß | wusste |
| du | weißt | wusstest |
| er/sie/es | weiß | wusste |
| wir | wissen | wussten |
| ihr | wisst | wusstet |
| sie/Sie | wissen | wussten |
Corpus Neighbors
Related words selected from level, topic, frequency, and word class.
erklären
to explain, to declare
stehen
to stand, to be, to suit
finden
to find, to think, to locate, to discover
sehen
to see, to view, to watch
bleiben
to stay, to remain
liegen
to lie, to be located, to be situated
dürfen
to be allowed, may, can
stellen
to put (vertically), to place, to position, to set, to provide
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