Know - Wissen (The 78th Most Common German Word)

The German word for Know is Wissen. This word often comes up when talking about family & relationships, occupation, communication. It is the 78th most commonly used word in German, classified as a A1 word. It can be used as verb. You can listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Download our app for offline access to this and the other 3000 most common German words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: know

German: wissen

Examples


I believe that you know what this is all about.	Ich glaube, Sie wissen, worum es geht.
There is no way of knowing where he's gone.	Es gibt keine Möglichkeit zu wissen, wohin er gegangen ist.
You need to know.	Du musst wissen.
My parents know about it.	Meine Eltern wissen davon.
I want to know what's out there.	Ich möchte wissen, was da draußen ist.
I want to know who gave that to you.	Ich will wissen, wer dir das gegeben hat.
He believes he knows everything.	Er bildet sich ein, alles zu wissen.
We already know that you did that.	Wir wissen bereits, dass Sie es getan haben.

This we all know.	Wir wissen es alle.
We know where she is.	Wir wissen, wo sie ist.
We all know what happened here.	Wir wissen alle, was sich hier zugetragen hat.
We don't know anything.	Wir wissen nichts.
Now we don't know what to do.	Jetzt wissen wir nicht, was wir tun sollen.
We know who she is.	Wir wissen, wo du bist.
We know what you're doing.	Wir wissen, was Sie getan haben.
I want to know exactly what is going on.	Ich will genau wissen, was geschieht.
I'd love to know what's going on here.	Ich möchte wissen, was hier draußen los ist.
We want to know.	Wir wollen das wissen.
It isn't how much you know, but what you can do that counts.	Es zählt nicht, wie viel Sie wissen, sondern was Sie können.
I need to know what happened.	Ich muss wissen, was passiert ist.
I want to know if you will be free tomorrow.	Ich möchte wissen, ob Sie morgen frei haben.