From en.wiktionary.org:
[giessen]
** German
*** Alternative forms
- [de]
*** Etymology
[de] [de] From [de], from [de], from [de].
Akin to [nl], [osx], [ang], [non] (whence [da], [sv]), [got]. Compare English
[en].
Further Indo-European cognates include [la], [grc] and [sa]. More at [is],
[en] and [en].
The sense of _pouring_ metals and glasses is attested since Old High German
times through the participle [goh].[1]
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
- [de]
- [de]
*** Verb
[gießen < goss,gegossen,gösse>]
1. [de] to pour ; [usually only of liquids, especially of large quantities]
2. [de] to pour ; to cast ; to found [shape molten metal or glass by pouring]
3. [de] to water
4. [de] to pour down ; to rain strongly
Usage note: If the lawn is what's being watered, you instead use the term "den
Rasen sprengen".
**** Conjugation
[gießen < goss,gegossen,gösse>]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|de |abgießen |angießen |ausgießen |begießen |eingießen |ergießen
|Gießen |Gießerei |Gießkanne |übergießen |vergießen }}
**** Related terms
- [de]
*** References
References:
[1]. [Kante]
*** Further reading
- [R:de:DWDS]
- [R:de:UniLeipzig]
- [R:de:Duden]
- [R:de:OpenThesaurus]