Samen

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzaːmən/
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German sām, sāme, from Old High German sāmo, from Proto-West Germanic *sāmō, from Proto-Germanic *sēmô, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

Alternative forms

Noun

Samen m (strong, genitive Samens, plural Samen)

  1. seed, grain
    Synonyms: Saat, Saatgut
    Die Samen haben schon gekeimt.
    The seeds have already sprouted.
    Der Wind trägt die Samen über große Entfernungen.
    The wind carries seeds for great distances.
  2. semen, sperm
  3. (poetic, biblical) offspring
    Synonym: Nachkommenschaft
Declension
Declension of Samen
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Samen die Samen
genitive eines des Samens der Samen
dative einem dem Samen den Samen
accusative einen den Samen die Samen
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Japanese: ザーメン (zāmen)

Etymology 2

Noun

Samen

  1. inflection of Same (“Sami person”):
    1. genitive/dative/accusative singular
    2. all-case plural
    • 2021 August 5, Reinhard Wolff, quoting Greta Thunberg, “Schwedens Umgang mit Waldgebieten: Land der übernutzten Wälder”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
      Schweden „eliminiert nicht nur Wälder und Kohlenstoffsenken“ twitterte Thunberg. „Sondern auch Geschichte, Zukunft und Traditionen der Samen.“
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References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Samen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “Samen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Samen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Samen” in Duden online
  • “Samen” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Samen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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