"wesen" meaning in German Low German

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Verb

IPA: /ˈʋɛː.zən/, /ˈvɛː.zən/, /ˈwɛː.zən/, /ˈβɛː.zən/, /ˈʋeː.ən/, /ˈʋɛːn/, /ˈʋɪɛ.zən/, /ˈʋɪa.zən/, /ˈʋeː.zən/, /ˈβeːa.zən/, /ˈʋeːa.zən/
Etymology: From Middle Low German wēsen, from Old Saxon wesan, from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-. All the forms with initial w- (imperative and past tense) derive from this root. It is related to Old English wesan, Dutch wezen, West Frisian wêze. The original infinitive is wesen but a second infinitive sien also exists. The infinitive wesen is still the most used one, but in general which one is used is a matter of personal preference and/or region. The infinitive sien derives from Middle Low German sîn, from Old Saxon sīn. Along with the words is and sünd, it derives ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”), which had no separate infinitive in Germanic. The modern infinitive sien was probably back-formed in late Old Saxon from the former first-person plural subjunctive sīn (“we be”), since this form had become identical to the infinitive in other verbs during the late Old Saxon period. Compare also Dutch zijn and its alternative infinitive wezen. Finally, the forms bin/bün and bist/büst derive from Proto-Germanic *beuną (“to be, to become”), from *bʰuH- (“to become”), which survives only as relic forms in the West Germanic languages and not at all in the others. Its infinitive and non-singular forms are only attested in (Old) English. Etymology templates: {{inh|nds-de|gml|wēsen}} Middle Low German wēsen, {{inh|nds-de|osx|wesan}} Old Saxon wesan, {{inh|nds-de|gmw-pro|*wesan}} Proto-West Germanic *wesan, {{inh|nds-de|gem-pro|*wesaną}} Proto-Germanic *wesaną, {{der|nds-de|ine-pro|*h₂wes-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-, {{cog|ang|wesan}} Old English wesan, {{cog|nl|wezen}} Dutch wezen, {{cog|fy|wêze}} West Frisian wêze, {{m+|gml|sîn}} Middle Low German sîn, {{m+|osx|sīn}} Old Saxon sīn, {{m+|ine-pro|*h₁es-||to be}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”), {{m+|nl|zijn}} Dutch zijn, {{m+|gem-pro|*beuną||to be, to become}} Proto-Germanic *beuną (“to be, to become”) Head templates: {{head|nds-de|verb|past singular|weer|past participle|wesen|or|west|auxiliary verb|wesen}} wesen (past singular weer, past participle wesen or west, auxiliary verb wesen) Inflection templates: {{nds-conj-wesen}}, {{nds-conj-table|bin, bün, sin, sen|bist, büst|is, es, ös|sind, sünd, sin|weer, was|weerst, weres|weer, was|weren, wassen|wes, si|wes(e)t|wesen(de)|(e)wesen, (e)west, gewesen, gewest|head=wesen (irregular verb)}} Forms: weer [past, singular], wesen [participle, past], west [participle, past], wesen [auxiliary], irregular [table-tags], wesen [infinitive], bin [first-person, indicative, present, singular], bün [first-person, indicative, present, singular], sin [first-person, indicative, present, singular], sen [first-person, indicative, present, singular], weer [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], was [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], bist [indicative, present, second-person, singular], büst [indicative, present, second-person, singular], weerst [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], weres [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], is [indicative, present, singular, third-person], es [indicative, present, singular, third-person], ös [indicative, present, singular, third-person], weer [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], was [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], sind [indicative, plural, present], sünd [indicative, plural, present], sin [indicative, plural, present], weren [indicative, plural, preterite], wassen [indicative, plural, preterite], wes [imperative, present, singular], si [imperative, present, singular], west [imperative, plural, present], weset [imperative, plural, present], wesen [participle, present], wesende [participle, present], wesen [participle, past], ewesen [participle, past], west [participle, past], ewest [participle, past], gewesen [participle, past], gewest [participle, past]
  1. (intransitive) To be, to exist. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wesen-nds-de-verb-jgFfDHYz
  2. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it. Tags: copulative, transitive
    Sense id: en-wesen-nds-de-verb-vSwQuOWw
  3. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle. Tags: auxiliary, transitive
    Sense id: en-wesen-nds-de-verb-tAZuCaqw
  4. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle. Tags: auxiliary, transitive
    Sense id: en-wesen-nds-de-verb-gDMbTDd8
  5. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle. Tags: auxiliary, transitive
    Sense id: en-wesen-nds-de-verb-IwGZDyE5
  6. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle. Tags: auxiliary, transitive
    Sense id: en-wesen-nds-de-verb-bLzd6xPo
  7. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses, together with an't. Tags: auxiliary, transitive
    Sense id: en-wesen-nds-de-verb-dm9eJnrW
  8. (intransitive) To go, to go on a trip and return. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wesen-nds-de-verb-fptpbQmr
  9. (intransitive, impersonal) Used to indicate weather, temperature or some other general condition. Tags: impersonal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-wesen-nds-de-verb-Ltp2i1Ho
  10. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) To equal; used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same, often used with gliek an. Tags: copulative, transitive
    Sense id: en-wesen-nds-de-verb-WA-ppAOP Topics: mathematics, sciences
  11. (intransitive) To have the next turn in a game. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wesen-nds-de-verb-OcD0EYNr
  12. (with an indirect object and no subject) It is, be
    Sense id: en-wesen-nds-de-verb-Xip0ebYD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sin, sien, seyn, syn, węsen, wäsen, wiäsen, weasen (english: New Saxon Spelling) Related terms: Wesen, wesentlich

Alternative forms

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        "present"
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      "form": "weren",
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      "form": "wassen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
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      "form": "wes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "west",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "weset",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "wesen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wesende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wesen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "ewest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "gewesen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gewest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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        "6": "wesen",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "west",
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        "1": "bin, bün, sin, sen",
        "10": "wes(e)t",
        "11": "wesen(de)",
        "12": "(e)wesen, (e)west, gewesen, gewest",
        "2": "bist, büst",
        "3": "is, es, ös",
        "4": "sind, sünd, sin",
        "5": "weer, was",
        "6": "weerst, weres",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Wesen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wesentlich"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "To be or not to be, that is the question.",
          "text": "Wesen oder nich wesen, dat is de Fraag.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Were you there too Saturday?",
          "text": "Weerst du dor Saterdag ook?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be, to exist."
      ],
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          "be",
          "be"
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          "exist",
          "exist"
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        "(intransitive) To be, to exist."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The street is broad.",
          "text": "De Straat is breet.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it."
      ],
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        [
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          "copular verb"
        ]
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        "(transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "copulative",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He has never been here.",
          "text": "He is hier nie west.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle.\nNote: The perfect tense of most other verbs is formed using hebben.",
        "Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle."
      ],
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          "perfect tense#English"
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          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ],
        [
          "past participle",
          "past participle#English"
        ],
        [
          "hebben",
          "hebben#English"
        ]
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      ],
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      ]
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          "hebben#English"
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      ],
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        "transitive"
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "They had been heard.",
          "text": "Se weren höört.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The car will have been bought.",
          "text": "De Wagen schall köfft wesen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.\nNote: The imperfect tense passive is formed using warrn.",
        "Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle."
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        ],
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          "imperfect tense#English"
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      "id": "en-wesen-nds-de-verb-bLzd6xPo",
      "links": [
        [
          "perfect tense",
          "perfect tense#English"
        ],
        [
          "passive voice",
          "passive voice#English"
        ],
        [
          "past participle",
          "past participle#English"
        ],
        [
          "imperfect tense",
          "imperfect tense#English"
        ],
        [
          "warrn",
          "warrn#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The dog was running.",
          "text": "De Hund weer an't Lopen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses, together with an't."
      ],
      "id": "en-wesen-nds-de-verb-dm9eJnrW",
      "links": [
        [
          "an't",
          "an't#German Low German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses, together with an't."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am going to the doctor for a while.",
          "text": "Ik bün för en Wiel na de Dokter.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He is vundaag na Düsseldörp west.\nHe's been to Düsseldorf today.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go, to go on a trip and return."
      ],
      "id": "en-wesen-nds-de-verb-fptpbQmr",
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "trip",
          "trip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To go, to go on a trip and return."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is very warm today.",
          "text": "Dat is böös warm vundaag.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to indicate weather, temperature or some other general condition."
      ],
      "id": "en-wesen-nds-de-verb-Ltp2i1Ho",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, impersonal) Used to indicate weather, temperature or some other general condition."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Three times five equals fifteen.",
          "text": "Dree Mal fief is gliek (an) föffteihn.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To equal; used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same, often used with gliek an."
      ],
      "id": "en-wesen-nds-de-verb-WA-ppAOP",
      "links": [
        [
          "copulative",
          "copular verb"
        ],
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "equal",
          "equal"
        ],
        [
          "gliek",
          "gliek#English"
        ],
        [
          "an",
          "an#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, copulative, mathematics) To equal; used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same, often used with gliek an."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "copulative",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is your turn now.",
          "text": "Nu büst du.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have the next turn in a game."
      ],
      "id": "en-wesen-nds-de-verb-OcD0EYNr",
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To have the next turn in a game."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "To me it is cold. (“I feel cold.”)",
          "text": "Mi is dat koolt nu.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "It is, be"
      ],
      "id": "en-wesen-nds-de-verb-Xip0ebYD",
      "links": [
        [
          "is",
          "is"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "with an indirect object and no subject",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with an indirect object and no subject) It is, be"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɛː.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛː.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛː.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβɛː.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋeː.ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɛːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɪɛ.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɪa.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋeː.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβeːa.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋeːa.zən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sien"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "syn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "węsen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wäsen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wiäsen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "New Saxon Spelling",
      "word": "weasen"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German sîn",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "form": "weer",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wesen",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "west",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "wesen",
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        "auxiliary"
      ]
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      "form": "irregular",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "nds-conj-wesen",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "wesen",
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      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "bün",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "sen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "was",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bist",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "weerst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "weres",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "is",
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "es",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ös",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "was",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sind",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sünd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weren",
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wassen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "si",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "west",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weset",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wesen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wesende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wesen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ewesen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "west",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ewest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gewesen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gewest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "wesen",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "past singular",
        "4": "weer",
        "5": "past participle",
        "6": "wesen",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "west",
        "9": "auxiliary verb"
      },
      "expansion": "wesen (past singular weer, past participle wesen or west, auxiliary verb wesen)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "nds-conj-wesen"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "10": "wes(e)t",
        "11": "wesen(de)",
        "12": "(e)wesen, (e)west, gewesen, gewest",
        "2": "bist, büst",
        "3": "is, es, ös",
        "4": "sind, sünd, sin",
        "5": "weer, was",
        "6": "weerst, weres",
        "7": "weer, was",
        "8": "weren, wassen",
        "9": "wes, si",
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      },
      "name": "nds-conj-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German Low German",
  "lang_code": "nds-de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Wesen"
    },
    {
      "word": "wesentlich"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German Low German intransitive verbs",
        "German Low German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "To be or not to be, that is the question.",
          "text": "Wesen oder nich wesen, dat is de Fraag.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Were you there too Saturday?",
          "text": "Weerst du dor Saterdag ook?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be, to exist."
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      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To be, to exist."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German Low German copulative verbs",
        "German Low German terms with usage examples",
        "German Low German transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The street is broad.",
          "text": "De Straat is breet.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "copulative",
          "copular verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "copulative",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German Low German auxiliary verbs",
        "German Low German terms with usage examples",
        "German Low German transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He has never been here.",
          "text": "He is hier nie west.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle.\nNote: The perfect tense of most other verbs is formed using hebben.",
        "Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perfect tense",
          "perfect tense#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ],
        [
          "past participle",
          "past participle#English"
        ],
        [
          "hebben",
          "hebben#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle.\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German Low German auxiliary verbs",
        "German Low German terms with usage examples",
        "German Low German transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle.\nNote: The perfect tense of most other verbs is formed using hebben.",
        "Note: The perfect tense of most other verbs is formed using hebben."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perfect tense",
          "perfect tense#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ],
        [
          "past participle",
          "past participle#English"
        ],
        [
          "hebben",
          "hebben#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle.\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German Low German auxiliary verbs",
        "German Low German terms with usage examples",
        "German Low German transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "They had been heard.",
          "text": "Se weren höört.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The car will have been bought.",
          "text": "De Wagen schall köfft wesen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.\nNote: The imperfect tense passive is formed using warrn.",
        "Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perfect tense",
          "perfect tense#English"
        ],
        [
          "passive voice",
          "passive voice#English"
        ],
        [
          "past participle",
          "past participle#English"
        ],
        [
          "imperfect tense",
          "imperfect tense#English"
        ],
        [
          "warrn",
          "warrn#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German Low German auxiliary verbs",
        "German Low German terms with usage examples",
        "German Low German transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.\nNote: The imperfect tense passive is formed using warrn.",
        "Note: The imperfect tense passive is formed using warrn."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perfect tense",
          "perfect tense#English"
        ],
        [
          "passive voice",
          "passive voice#English"
        ],
        [
          "past participle",
          "past participle#English"
        ],
        [
          "imperfect tense",
          "imperfect tense#English"
        ],
        [
          "warrn",
          "warrn#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German Low German auxiliary verbs",
        "German Low German terms with usage examples",
        "German Low German transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The dog was running.",
          "text": "De Hund weer an't Lopen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses, together with an't."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "an't",
          "an't#German Low German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses, together with an't."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German Low German intransitive verbs",
        "German Low German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am going to the doctor for a while.",
          "text": "Ik bün för en Wiel na de Dokter.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He is vundaag na Düsseldörp west.\nHe's been to Düsseldorf today.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go, to go on a trip and return."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "trip",
          "trip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To go, to go on a trip and return."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German Low German impersonal verbs",
        "German Low German intransitive verbs",
        "German Low German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is very warm today.",
          "text": "Dat is böös warm vundaag.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to indicate weather, temperature or some other general condition."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, impersonal) Used to indicate weather, temperature or some other general condition."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German Low German copulative verbs",
        "German Low German terms with usage examples",
        "German Low German transitive verbs",
        "nds-de:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Three times five equals fifteen.",
          "text": "Dree Mal fief is gliek (an) föffteihn.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To equal; used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same, often used with gliek an."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "copulative",
          "copular verb"
        ],
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "equal",
          "equal"
        ],
        [
          "gliek",
          "gliek#English"
        ],
        [
          "an",
          "an#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, copulative, mathematics) To equal; used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same, often used with gliek an."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "copulative",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German Low German intransitive verbs",
        "German Low German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is your turn now.",
          "text": "Nu büst du.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have the next turn in a game."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To have the next turn in a game."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German Low German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "To me it is cold. (“I feel cold.”)",
          "text": "Mi is dat koolt nu.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "It is, be"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "is",
          "is"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "with an indirect object and no subject",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with an indirect object and no subject) It is, be"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɛː.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛː.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛː.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβɛː.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋeː.ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɛːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɪɛ.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɪa.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋeː.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβeːa.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋeːa.zən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sin"
    },
    {
      "word": "sien"
    },
    {
      "word": "seyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "syn"
    },
    {
      "word": "węsen"
    },
    {
      "word": "wäsen"
    },
    {
      "word": "wiäsen"
    },
    {
      "english": "New Saxon Spelling",
      "word": "weasen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wesen"
}

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