sien (plural siens)
From Dutch zien, from Middle Dutch sien, from Old Dutch sian, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).
sien (present sien, present participle siende or sienende, past participle gesien)
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sien (feminine sienne, masculine plural siens, feminine plural siennes)
sien
From Middle Low German sîn, from Old Saxon sīn. The infinitive sien along with the words is and sünd derive ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”), which had no separate infinitive in Germanic. The modern infinitive was probably back-formed in late Old Saxon from the former first-person plural subjunctive sīn (“we be”), since this form had become identical to the infinitive in other verbs during the late Old Saxon period. Compare also German sein, Dutch zijn.
The original infinitive is wesen, from Middle Low German wesen, from Old Saxon wesan, from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from *h₂wes- (“to reside”). All the forms with initial w- (imperative and past tense) derive from this root. The infinitive wesen is still the most used one, but in general which one is used is a matter of personal preference and/or region.
Finally, the forms bün and büst derive from Proto-Germanic *beuną (“to be, to become”), from *bʰuH- (“to become”), which survives only as relic forms in the West Germanic languages and not at all in the others. Its infinitive and non-singular forms are only attested in (Old) English.
sien (past singular weer, past participle wesen or west, auxiliary verb wesen)
| infinitive | sien | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | preterite |
| 1st person singular | bün | weer |
| 2nd person singular | büst | weerst |
| 3rd person singular | is | weer |
| plural | sünd | weren |
| imperative | present | — |
| singular | wes | |
| plural | west | |
| participle | present | past |
| sien | wesen, west | |
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From Old Dutch sian, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan.
sien
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
From Old Dutch *sīan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīhwan.
siën
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěnь.
sien f
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sien | sieni | sieni |
| genitive | sieni | sieňú | siení |
| dative | sieni | sienma | sienem |
| accusative | sien | sieni | sieni |
| vocative | sieni | sieni | sieni |
| locative | sieni | sieňú | sienech |
| instrumental | sieňú | sienma | sienmi |
From Proto-West Germanic *siuni (“appearance, sight, face”).
Cognate with Old Frisian siōne, siūne (“face, countenance”), Old Saxon siun (“perception, vision, sight,”), Old Norse sýn (“face, appearance, countenance”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃 (siuns, “face, form, countenance”).
sīen f
sien
sien f (plural siens)
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
sien
A development of older sen (“sense, judgement”) (compare Italian senno), influenced by conjugated forms of sentir (“to feel”) (compare siento (“to feel”)). Probably, through the intermediate of a Gallo-Romance source such as Old Occitan sen, from Vulgar Latin *sennus, of Germanic origin (compare Dutch zin (“meaning, intention”), German Sinn (“sense, mind”), Norwegian sinn (“mind”), Swedish sinne (“mind, sense”)), from Proto-West Germanic *sinn, from Proto-Indo-European *sentnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).
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sien f (plural sienes)
sien (1957–1982 spelling sien)
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