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German
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)
- 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)
- Superseded spelling of Seegen.