wissen
to know (facts)
- Past (Präteritum)
- wusste
- Past participle
- gewusst (haben)
Mixed verb: present *ich weiß, du weißt, er weiß*, imperative *wisse!* (rare), but past like weak verb. Takes interrogative clause or *von* + Dat (*Ich weiß von dem Plan*). Distinguish *wissen* (facts) vs *kennen* (people/places). Idiom: *Bescheid wissen*.
Conjugation
Present
- weiß
- first-person, form-of, present, singular
- wissen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- weißt
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- wisst
- indicative, plural, present, second-person
Past
- wusste
- past
- wussten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- wusstest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- wusstet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- wüsste
- past, subjunctive
- wisse
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wissen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wissest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wisset
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wüssten
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- wüsstest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- wüsstet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gewusst
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gewusst
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gewusst
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gewusst
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gewusst
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gewusst
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gewusst
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gewusst
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde wissen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden wissen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest wissen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet wissen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde wissen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden wissen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest wissen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet wissen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gewusst haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gewusst haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gewusst haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gewusst haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gewusst haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gewusst haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- wisse
- imperative, second-person, singular
- wisst
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gewusst
- participle, past
- wissend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- wissen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gewusst
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gewusst
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gewusst
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gewusst
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gewusst
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gewusst
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gewusst
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gewusst
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gewusst
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- wissen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde wissen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden wissen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst wissen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet wissen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird wissen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gewusst haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gewusst haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gewusst haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gewusst haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gewusst haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gewusst haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
Prefixed forms (1)
- vorherwissen (separable)
to know beforehand
Das konnte niemand vorherwissen. — Nobody could have known that beforehand.