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Hungarian
Etymology
segg + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: seg‧gen
Noun
seggen
- superessive singular of segg
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German seggen, from Old Saxon seggian.
Pronunciation
Verb
seggen (past singular sä, past participle seggt, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to say, tell
- He sä, he wull laat ankamen
- He said he would come late
Conjugation
Conjugation of seggen (weak verb, irregular)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *seggen, from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan. The irregular past tense is a common Ingvaeonic development of the northern dialects, seen also in brein and seil.
Verb
seggen
- to say
- to tell, to make known
- to tell, to instruct
- to say in writing, to write/be in writing
- to call, to name
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
Middle English
Etymology 1
Verb
seggen
- Alternative form of segen
Etymology 2
Verb
seggen
- Alternative form of seien
Old High German
Verb
seggen (Hildebrandslied)
- Alternative form of sagēn