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genesen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German genësen, from Old High German ginësan, from Proto-Germanic *ganesaną, from *nesaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈneːzən/, [-neːzn̩] (Germany)
  • IPA(key): /ɡ̥eˈneːsɛn/, [-neːsn̩] (Austria)
  • Audio (Germany):(file)
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧sen

Verb

genesen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present genest, past tense genas, past participle genesen, past subjunctive genäse, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to recover; to recuperate
    Synonyms: gesund werden, rekonvaleszieren
    Antonyms: krank werden, erkranken
    nach langer Krankheit genesenrecovered after a long illness

Conjugation

Further reading

  • genesen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • genesen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • genesen” in Duden online
  • genesen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *ginesan, from Proto-Germanic *ganesaną. Equivalent to ge- + nēsen.

Verb

genēsen

  1. to survive (lethal danger)
  2. to save (from death)
  3. to get better, to heal, to recover (from a disease)
  4. to heal, to cure, to rid of disease

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: genezen
  • Limburgish: genaeze

Further reading

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Middle High German

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old High German ginësan, from Proto-Germanic *ganesaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ɡəˈnɛs̠ən/

Verb

genësen

  1. alternative form of nësen
Usage notes
  • This form is more common than the prefixless form nësen. See that page for the conjugation and uses.
Descendants

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “nësen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ɡəˈnɛs̠ən/

Verb

genësen

  1. past participle of nësen
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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

genesen m

  1. definite singular of genese

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

genesen m

  1. definite singular of genese

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈne.sen/, [jeˈne.zen]

Verb

ġenesen

  1. plural present subjunctive of ġenesan

Participle

ġenesen

  1. past participle of ġenesan

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