gießen

to water (plants), to pour

verb GEE-sen Rare

Usage Note

gießen in a household context primarily means watering plants: Blumen gießen, den Garten gießen. It also means to pour a liquid: Wasser ins Glas gießen. The Gießkanne (watering can) is its typical household tool. Vergießen means to spill.

Examples

"Sie vergisst manchmal, die Zimmerpflanzen zu gießen."

Natural Translation

She sometimes forgets to water the houseplants.

Literal Translation

She forgets sometimes the indoor-plants to water.

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