siechen

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈziːçən/
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German siechen, from siohhēn, from Proto-West Germanic *seukēn. Cognate with Low German süüken, seeken and Swedish sjukna.

Verb

siechen (weak, third-person singular present siecht, past tense siechte, past participle gesiecht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (chiefly literary) to be very ill, bedridden for a long time, moribund
  2. (obsolete) to be ill (in general)
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Etymology 2

Adjective

siechen

  1. inflection of siech:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

  • siechen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • siechen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon