English

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Etymology 1

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See pisane.

Noun

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pesen (plural pesens)

  1. Obsolete form of pisane.

Etymology 2

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See pease and that word's relevant plural form, peasen.

Noun

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pesen

  1. (obsolete) plural of pease

References

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  • NED VII (O, P; 1st ed., 1909), § 2 (P), page 741/2, “Pesen

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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pesen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of pesar

Cornish

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Noun

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pesen f

  1. singulative of pys (peas)
  2. singulative of pes (peas)

Finnish

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Verb

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pesen

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pestä

Galician

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Verb

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pesen

  1. inflection of pesar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

German

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Etymology

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Duden 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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpeːzən/, /ˈpeːsən/
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Verb

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pesen (weak, third-person singular present pest, past tense peste, past participle gepest, auxiliary sein)

  1. (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

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Further reading

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  • pesen” in Duden online
  • pesen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English pisan, *peosan; equivalent to pese +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

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pesen

  1. plural of pese

Descendants

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  • Yola: pizzen, pizzeen

Spanish

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Verb

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pesen

  1. inflection of pesar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative