gießt

Gießt is the present-tense form of the German verb gießen, meaning to pour or to water. It is used with second-person singular informal (du gießt), third-person singular (er/sie/es gießt), and second-person plural informal (ihr gießt). The form can also appear in other contexts where the subject is implicit from context. Gießen covers pouring liquids by hand as well as watering plants; it is also used in industrial and technical senses to describe pouring molten metal into molds, i.e., casting.

Pronunciation and orthography: gießen is pronounced [ˈɡiːsən], while the present-tense form gießt (as seen in this word) is pronounced [ˈɡiːst]. The verb belongs to the regular-presents group in everyday speech, though its full conjugation includes several irregularities in other tenses.

Usage and meaning: In everyday language, you might say, for example, Ich gieße Wasser in die Vase or Die Gärtnerin gießt die Blumen. The noun das Gießen denotes the act or process of pouring, and in manufacturing the term also appears in the related noun der Guss, referring to casting. The past participle gegossen is used with haben to form the present perfect: ich habe gegossen.

Etymology and related forms: Gießen is a Germanic verb with cognates in other West Germanic languages; for example, Dutch gieten means to pour. The term Gießen also exists as the name of a city in Hesse, Germany, but when lowercase (gießen) it refers to the verb.

See also: Gießen (the city), das Gießen (the act of pouring), Guss (casting).