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giesen

/ɡˈisən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables
giesen
IPA
/ɡˈisən/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* Borrowed from German and Dutch Giesen, patronymic from Gies, Giese. * Also as a German surname, from the placename Giessen in Hesse, or other similar-sounding places, from a castle name Middle High German ze dën gieȥen (“on the streams”) (see modern gießen (“to pour”)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, Giesen, ze

Inflected Forms

Giesens (plural)

Rhymes With

gleason neeson leeson thiessen riesen driessen greeson leason creason nessen thiesen

Questions

How do you pronounce giesen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈisən/.
What does giesen mean?
A surname.
Where does giesen come from?
It is traced to German.

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