vissa

French

Verb

vissa

1. third-person singular past historic of visser

Anagrams

• visas

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vissa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪsːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪsːa

Noun

vissa f (genitive singular vissu, no plural)

1. certainty

Declension

Declension of vissa (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vissa	vissan
accusative	vissu	vissuna
dative	vissu	vissunni
genitive	vissu	vissunnar

Derived terms

• fá vissu fyrir einhverju (“to receive confirmation of something”)
• vita eitthvað með vissu (“to know something for certain”)

Related terms

• viss

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vissa (present tense vissar, past tense vissa, past participle vissa, passive infinitive vissast, present participle vissande, imperative vissa/viss)

1. alternative form of visse

Noun

vissa

1. definite singular of visse

Anagrams

• sivas, visas

Old Norse

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Proto-Germanic *wissaz (“known”).”

Noun

vissa f (genitive vissu)

1. certain knowledge, certainty

Declension

Declension of vissa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vissa	vissan	vissur	vissurnar
accusative	vissu	vissuna	vissur	vissurnar
dative	vissu	vissunni	vissum	vissunum
genitive	vissu	vissunnar	vissna	vissnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: vissa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: visse

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “vissa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Adjective

vissa

1. inflection of viss:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Anagrams

• visas