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Finnish
Noun
seit
- nominative plural of sei
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German sīt, from Old High German sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīþuz. Akin to Old Saxon sīd, Old English sīþ.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
seit
- since
1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 106:Vierzig mal 365 Tage und dazu noch die Schalttage waren verstrichen, seit Dorothee unter den Apfelbäumen Burkahnens über ihr Leben entschieden hatte.- Forty times 365 days and in addition the leap days had passed since Dorothee had decided her future life under the apple trees of Burkahnen.
2023 March 24, Anonym, “Herzklopfen beim Casting für die große Bühne”, in General-Anzeiger, page 26:Eine davon ist die sieben Jahre alte Melina. Ihre Mutter ist sehr stolz und macht gerade Bilder von ihr. „Ich tanze schon, seit ich drei oder vier bin“, erzählt Melina.- One of them is seven-year-old Melina. Her mother is very proud and is taking pictures of her. “I’ve danced since I was three or four”, Melina says.
Usage notes
- Seit is often construed with the present tense in clauses defining the age a person was when something began: seit ich klein bin (“since I was little”), seit ich ein Kind bin (“since I was a child”). This use of the present tense is somewhat peculiar but mirrors the present tense in the main clause: Ich tanze schon, seit ich klein bin. (“I’ve danced since I was little.”) The past tense is equally possible and common, however (thus: seit ich klein war).
- The present tense for still continuing states, as in seit ich hier arbeite (“since I’ve been working here”), is not anomalous but according to the general rules.
Preposition
seit (+ dative)
- since
Ich bin seit letzter Woche krank.- I’ve been ill since last week.
- for (some past period of time)
Ich bin seit einer Woche krank.- I’ve been ill for a week now.
Middle Dutch
Verb
seit
- third-person singular present indicative of seggen
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”).
Noun
seit f
- (Sursilvan) thirst