Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wiss

/wˈɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: wiss
IPA: /wˈɪs/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To know; to understand.

Archaic

name

A surname from German.

Example Sentences

"Now with their might they downe me pull, and bring me where they woll, the Blood of myne heart I wiss now causeth both Joy and blisse."
"And though that the water be gross and heavy, yet nothing so gross as the earth, I wiss; therefore by heat it is vapoured up lightly, and in the air maketh clouds and mists."

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of wis, taken from the incorrect division of iwis (“surely, certainly”) as "I wis", and mistaken for a verb; see wis. Perhaps from (certainly akin to) Old English witan (“to know”); see wit.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Wiss

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

wisses (present, singular) wissing (participle, present) wissed (participle, past) wissed (past) wis (alternative) Wisses (plural)

Rhymes With

this miss chris kiss swiss piss dismiss bliss dis kris sis mis

Questions

How do you pronounce wiss?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɪs/.
What does wiss mean?: To know; to understand.
Where does wiss come from?: It is traced to German.

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