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weisen

German, verb

weisen is spelled W-E-I-S-E-N (6 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,891st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weisen is a German verb meaning “to point” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of weise. With a capital, Weisen is a different word: “gerund of weisen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf etwas zeigen”.

What does weisen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    rareto point

    auf etwas weisen

  2. 2

    to indicate; to show

adjective

  1. 1

    masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular

  2. 2

    weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular

  3. 3

    masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular

  4. 4

    strong dative plural

  5. 5

    weak/mixed all-case plural

noun

as Weisen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of weisen

noun

as Weisen
  1. 1

    plural of Weise

  2. 2

    genitive singular of Weiser

  3. 3

    accusative singular of Weiser

  4. 4

    dative plural of Weiser

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. auf etwas zeigen 2. (jemandem etwas | sich) zeigen 3. jemandem die Richtung vorgeben

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of weisen

  • weist present singular third-person
  • wies past
  • gewiesen participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • 1 strong
  • weisend participle present
  • weise first-person indicative present
  • weisest second-person singular subjunctive
  • weiset plural second-person subjunctive
  • wiesen first-person indicative plural
  • wiese first-person formal rare
  • wiesest indicative preterite second-person
  • wiest indicative preterite second-person
  • wieset formal plural rare
  • weis imperative second-person singular
  • weis! imperative singular
  • weist! imperative plural
  • gewiesen haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to weisen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is weisen in German?

weisen appears 28 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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