Gieß

Gieß is a German term primarily encountered as a form related to the verb gießen, meaning to pour or to water. In present tense conjugation, the second and third person singular forms are gießt (du gießt, er gießt). The bare stem gieß appears in the imperative form Gieß! meaning “Pour!” and in numerous compound words built from the verb, such as Gießkanne (watering can) and Gießform (mold for casting). As a noun, das Gießen denotes the act of pouring or watering, and in metalworking it refers to the process of pouring liquid metal into a mold, a sense closely related to the term Guss, with the related word Gießerei denoting a foundry.

Geographically, the closely related place name Gießen (with the umlaut on i and the ß) refers to a city in Hesse, Germany, known for its university and as a regional center. In English-language texts it is often written as Giessen. The toponym is etymologically connected to the verb through the idea of pouring or casting, but the city itself is a distinct proper noun rather than a direct use of the verb in ordinary speech.

See also: Gießen (city); Giessen (disambiguation).