wiedzieć

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věděti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waistei, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde. First attested in the 14th century.

Verb

wiedzieć

  1. to know (to have knowledge; to have information, be informed) [+ o (locative) = about something], [+ od (genitive)], [+ przez (accusative)], [+ po (locative)], or [+instrumental = from what]
  2. to know how, to be able to

Declension

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Polish: wiedzieć

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wiedzieć, from Proto-Slavic *věděti (athematic stem *vě-), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waistei, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (to know), perfect of *weyd- (to see, to know). First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvjɛ.d͡ʑɛt͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʑɛt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: wie‧dzieć

Verb

wiedzieć impf

  1. (intransitive) to know (to perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that)
    On wie, co jest dla niego najlepsze.He knows what's best for him.
  2. (intransitive) to know [+ o (locative) = about something] (to be aware of; to be cognizant of)
    Nie wiedziałem o tym.I didn't know about it.
  3. (intransitive) to know (to have knowledge; to have information, be informed)
    Wiesz, że umiem chodzić po wodzie?Do you know that I can walk on water?
    Skąd wiesz?How do you know?
  4. (intransitive) to know (to understand or have a grasp of through experience or study)
    Wiem jak to zrobić.I know how to do it.

Conjugation

Derived terms

adjectives
adverb
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particle
verbs
adjective
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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), wiedzieć is one of the top 10,355 most used words in Polish, appearing 41 times in scientific texts, 8 times in news, 45 times in essays, 238 times in fiction, and 645 times in plays, totaling 977 times, making it the 41st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

References

  1. S. Urbańczyk, editor (1989), wiedzieć”, in Słownik staropolski (in Old Polish), volume 10, Wrocław, Warsaw, Kraków, Gdańsk, Łódź: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 136
  2. Ida Kurcz (1990), wiedzieć”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 663

Further reading

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věděti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waistei, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvjɛ.d͡ʑɛt͡ɕ/
  • Syllabification: wie‧dzieć

Noun

wiedzieć impf

  1. (intransitive) to know (to possess knowledge) [+ ô (locative) = about something]

Derived terms

verbs
adjective
  • wiadōmy
adverb
  • wiadōmo
nouns

Further reading

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