Wesen
German (Berlin)
/ˈveːzn̩/
noun
Definitions
- being
- creature
- essence, substance
- character
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German wesan (be).
Origin
Old High German
wesan
Gloss
be
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -s- German
- Haus German
- Hauswesen German
- Hütte German
- Hüttenwesen German
- Leid German
- Leidwesen German
- Merkmal German
- Recht German
- Rechtswesen German
- Verlag German
- Verlagswesen German
- Wesensmerkmal German
- Wesenszug German
- Zug German
- hiesig German
- unwesentlich German
- wesensgleich German
- wesentlich German
- wezen Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *esi/*izi Proto-Germanic
- *isti Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- bēon Old English
- wesan Old English
- ætwesan Old English
- vera Old Norse
- vesa Old Norse
- vesa, vera Old Norse
- vist Old Norse
- væsen Danish
- væsentlig Danish
- sīn Old High German
- wesan Old High German
- *hiewesec Middle High German
- wesen Middle High German
- wesenlīch Middle High German
- wësen Middle High German
- Wiesen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wesan gmw-pro
- wesan Old Dutch
- wesen Middle Low German
- wesentlich Middle Low German
- wesan Old Saxon
- wesa Old Frisian
- wesenlich German Low German
- Wese Pennsylvania German