Segen

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See also: segen and seȝen

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German segen, from Old High German segan, from Latin signum. Cognate to Low German Siägen (Münsterländisch, Lippisch). Compare English sign.

Pronunciation

Noun

Segen m (strong, genitive Segens, plural Segen)

  1. blessing
    • 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:
      Und der weise Greis, mein Meister, gab mir seinen Segen, daß ich Euch aus jenem wunderbaren, mit Unzialschrift geschriebenen Buche einige Gleichnisse, Geschichten und Sagen erzähle.
      And the wise old man, my master, gave me his blessing to tell you some parables, stories, and sagas from that wonderful book written in uncial script.

Declension

Further reading

  • Segen” in Duden online
  • Segen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Noun

Segen m (plural Segen)

  1. Superseded spelling of Seegen.