pesen
English
editEtymology 1
editSee pisane.
Noun
editpesen (plural pesens)
Etymology 2
editSee pease and that word's relevant plural form, peasen.
Noun
editpesen
References
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editCatalan
editPronunciation
editVerb
editpesen
Cornish
editNoun
editpesen f
- singulative of pys (“peas”)
- singulative of pes (“peas”)
Finnish
editVerb
editpesen
Galician
editVerb
editpesen
- inflection of pesar:
German
editEtymology
editDuden says the etymology is unsettled. Some etymologists, including Pfeifer and Wahrig, trace it back to English pace, but this association may be secondary. A relation with Dutch pezen (“to work hard; to run quickly”) is probable. This Dutch verb was attested as early as 1632 and is related to pees (“sinew”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editpesen (weak, third-person singular present pest, past tense peste, past participle gepest, auxiliary sein)
- (chiefly colloquial) to run quickly (usually implying haste or confusion)
- Als er gemerkt hat, dass er sein Portmonee vergessen hatte, ist er wie ein Verrückter zurück zum Laden gepest.
- When he realized that he'd left his purse, he raced back to the shop like a madman.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | pesen | ||||
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present participle | pesend | ||||
past participle | gepest | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich pese | wir pesen | i | ich pese | wir pesen |
du pest | ihr pest | du pesest | ihr peset | ||
er pest | sie pesen | er pese | sie pesen | ||
preterite | ich peste | wir pesten | ii | ich peste1 | wir pesten1 |
du pestest | ihr pestet | du pestest1 | ihr pestet1 | ||
er peste | sie pesten | er peste1 | sie pesten1 | ||
imperative | pes (du) pese (du) |
pest (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
editMiddle English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English pisan, *peosan; equivalent to pese + -en (plural suffix).
Noun
editpesen
Descendants
editSpanish
editVerb
editpesen
- inflection of pesar:
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