seien

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Basque

Numeral

seien

  1. genitive plural of sei

Catalan

Verb

seien

  1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of seure

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯ən/
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  • Hyphenation: sei‧en
  • Homophone: seihen

Verb

seien

  1. first/third-person plural subjunctive I of sein
    • 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:
      "Im Namen des Königs, und kraft besonderer von Seiner Majestät uns übertragenen Gewalt, alle seine Unterthanen, wes Standes sie seien, zugleich die Ritter des goldnen Vließes zu richten, erkennen wir—"
      "In the King's name, and invested by his Majesty with authority to judge all his subjects of whatever rank [they be], not excepting the knights of the Golden Fleece, we declare—"

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English seċġan (“to say”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

seien

  1. To say, that is:
    1. To declare, to state in speech (and, by extension, in writing)
    2. To answer, to reply
    3. To call, to name or define
    4. To describe; to narrate
    5. To mean, to intend to say
    6. To teach or direct
    7. (ecclesiastical) To recite, to sing
    8. (law) To affirm, to assert
    9. (law) To plead
  2. (interjection) Say!
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: say
  • Scots: say, sa
  • Yola: zey, zei
References

Etymology 2

From Old English sǣġan, from Proto-Germanic *saigijaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

seien

  1. To fall down, to sink
  2. To go to
  3. (of time) To pass, to go by
Derived terms
References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

seien m

  1. definite singular of sei

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

seien

  1. definite singular of sei
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