Polyglot Dictionary

Wesen

/ˈveːzn̩/

das noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Wesen

Meaning

  1. being, creature

    Related to sein (to be); often used for a mysterious or non-human being.

    • Ein seltsames Wesen tauchte im Wald auf.

      A strange creature appeared in the forest.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Geschöpf

Wesen is more general, "being, entity," and can also mean the essence of something; Geschöpf specifically implies a created being, often with a religious or philosophical connotation, "a creature of God."

Practice

1 What does Wesen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ein seltsames ___ tauchte im Wald auf.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Wesen?

See also

noun

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