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nieseln

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German

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Etymology

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Of unclear origin, perhaps from a nasal-initial variant of rieseln (to sprinkle, trickle).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈniːzl̩n/, /ˈniːzəln/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: nie‧seln

Verb

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nieseln (weak, third-person singular present nieselt, past tense nieselte, past participle genieselt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (chiefly impersonal) to drizzle
    Synonym: pieseln

Usage notes

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  • Used impersonally with es in the same way as in English ‘it rains’. Other forms are rare or nonexistent.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “nieseln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • nieseln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • nieseln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • nieseln” in Duden online
  • nieseln” in OpenThesaurus.de