sein

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

sein (plural seins)

  1. Archaic spelling of seine.

Anagrams[edit]

Basque[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Basque *seni.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sein anim

  1. child

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • "sein" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • sein” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old French seigne, a northern variant of signe, from Latin signum.[1] Doublet of zegen.

Noun[edit]

sein n (plural seinen, diminutive seintje n)

  1. signal
    Synonym: signaal
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Indonesian: sein

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

sein

  1. inflection of seinen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

References[edit]

  1. ^ sein; in J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

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Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *saina, borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Latvian siena. Finnish seinä is of the same origin.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ˈsei̯n/

Noun[edit]

sein (genitive seina, partitive seina)

  1. wall

Declension[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsei̯n/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ein
  • Syllabification(key): sein

Noun[edit]

sein

  1. inflection of sei:
    1. genitive singular
    2. instructive plural

Noun[edit]

sein

  1. instructive plural of see

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French sein, inherited from Latin sinus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sinos. Doublet of sinus. Compare Italian seno, Romanian sân, Romansch sain, Portuguese seio, Spanish seno.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sein m (plural seins)

  1. (anatomy) breast (the chest)
    sur votre jeune sein laissez rouler ma têtelet my head roll on your young breast
  2. (anatomy) breast
    Elle a des gros seinsshe has big breasts
  3. (literary) womb
    elle a porté cet enfant dans son seinshe carried this child in her womb
  4. bosom
    au sein de la famillein the bosom of the family
    le sein du Pèrethe bosom of the Father

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

German[edit]

German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Middle High German sîn, from Old High German sīn (to be) (suppleted with Proto-Germanic *wesaną (to be) and *beuną (to be, exist, become)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (to be, exist). Cognate with Dutch zijn (to be), Low German sien. More at sooth.

Verb[edit]

sein (irregular, third-person singular present ist, past tense war, past participle gewesen, past subjunctive wäre, auxiliary sein)

  1. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
    Das ist schön.That is beautiful.
    Das ist ein Auto.That is a car.
  2. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
    Usage: In this sense sein is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a Dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. For example: "Mir ist warm," "Mir ist es warm," and "Es ist mir warm," may all be translated as "I'm warm," or literally as "(To) me (it) is warm." See Usage notes for the respective adjectives.
    Ist dir kalt?Are you cold?
    Mir ist schlecht.I'm sick.
    Dem Mann ist schwindelig.The man feels dizzy.
    Den Kindern ist langweilig.The children are bored.
  3. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for
    Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted.
    Uns ist nach einem Film zumute.We feel like watching a movie.
    Mir ist nicht danach.I don't feel like it.
  4. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
    Er ist alt geworden.He has become old.
  5. (intransitive) to exist; there to be; to be alive
    Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb)
    That which does not exist now, may come into existence.
    Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus.
    When I am no more, you'll inherit the house.
  6. (intransitive, colloquial) to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
    Du bist.It’s your turn.
    Du bist nach mir.Your turn is after mine.
  7. (intransitive, childish) to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
    Du bist!You're it!
    Ich bin nicht mehr.I'm not it anymore.
Conjugation[edit]

Alternative forms:

  • Past participle: gewest (obsolete; poetical)
  • Second-person plural preterite indicative: waret (older; poetical)

The subjunctive I (first and third person) and indicative (first person only) forms are also used as imperatives.

  • Seien wir mal ehrlich./Sind wir mal ehrlich.Let’s be honest.
  • (second-person formal) Seien Sie mal ehrlich.Be honest!
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-West Germanic *sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz (his own, her own, its own, their own) (a reflexive possessive), from genitive of Proto-Indo-European *swé with denominative suffix Proto-Indo-European *-nós, equivalent to the genitive form of *se-.

Cognate with Low German sien (his, its), Dutch zijn (his, its), Danish sin (his, her, its, their), Old English sīn (his, its).

Determiner[edit]

sein

  1. his
    Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS.
    Daniel is sending a text to his sister.
    Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen.
    The cat often plays with his toys.
  2. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
    der Mond und sein Licht
    the moon and its light
    das Schaf und seine Lämmer
    the sheep and its lambs
    1. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
      Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro.
      That one costs around two hundred euros.
  3. one's
    Man muss seinem Herzen folgen.
    One must follow one’s heart.
Usage notes[edit]

When used as a pronoun, the nominative masculine takes the form seiner, and the nominative/accusative neuter takes the form seines or seins.

  • mein Vater und seinermy father and his
  • mein Kind und sein(e)smy child and his
Declension[edit]
Declension of sein
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative sein seine sein seine
genitive seines seiner seines seiner
dative seinem seiner seinem seinen
accusative seinen seine sein seine


Nominatives of the possessive determiners:

masculine feminine neuter plural
First-person singular mein meine mein meine
Second-person singular dein deine dein deine
Dein Deine Dein Deine
Third-person singular sein seine sein seine
ihr ihre ihr ihre
First-person plural unser uns(e)re unser uns(e)re
Second-person plural euer eure euer eure
Third-person plural ihr ihre ihr ihre
Second-person formal Ihr Ihre Ihr Ihre


Pronoun[edit]

sein

  1. (archaic) genitive of er
  2. (archaic) genitive of es

Further reading[edit]

  • sein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sein” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • sein” in Duden online
  • sein” in OpenThesaurus.de

Anagrams[edit]

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

sein

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽

Hunsrik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-West Germanic *sīn (his). Cognate with German sein.

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

sein

  1. his
  2. its (agreeing with a neuter or masculine noun)

Inflection[edit]

1Form used when the plural of the noun is the same as the singular

Further reading[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch sein (signal), from Old French seigne, a northern variant of signe, from Latin signum. Doublet of sinyal.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /seɪ̯n/
  • Hyphenation: sé‧in

Noun[edit]

sein

  1. signal
    Synonyms: tanda, isyarat
  2. short for lampu sein (indicator, turn signal).

Alternative forms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Verb[edit]

sein

  1. Alternative form of seien

Middle Irish[edit]

Determiner[edit]

sein

  1. Alternative form of sin (that)

Pronoun[edit]

sein

  1. Alternative form of sin (that)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse seinn.

Adjective[edit]

sein (neuter singular seint, definite singular and plural seine, comparative seinere, indefinite superlative seinest, definite superlative seineste)

  1. alternative form of sen

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse seinn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sein (neuter seint, definite singular and plural seine, comparative seinare, indefinite superlative seinast, definite superlative seinaste)

  1. slow
  2. late (arriving after expected time)
  3. late (near the end of a period of time)

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin sinus.

Noun[edit]

sein oblique singularm (oblique plural seinz, nominative singular seinz, nominative plural sein)

  1. breast (anatomy)

Old Swedish[edit]

Verb[edit]

sein

  1. first-person plural present subjunctive of vara

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • sain (Rumantsch Grischun)
  • sagn (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin sinus (compare French sein, Italian seno, Romanian sân, Spanish seno).

Noun[edit]

sein m

  1. (Sursilvan, anatomy) breast (of a woman)

Related terms[edit]

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pèz
  • (Sutsilvan) péz
  • (Puter, Vallader) pet

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *saina. Related to Finnish seinä.

Noun[edit]

sein

  1. wall

Declension[edit]

Inflection of sein (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing. sein
genitive sing. seinän
partitive sing. seinäd
partitive plur. seinid
singular plural
nominative sein seinäd
accusative seinän seinäd
genitive seinän seiniden
partitive seinäd seinid
essive-instructive seinän seinin
translative seinäks seinikš
inessive seinäs seiniš
elative seinäspäi seinišpäi
illative seinähä seinihe
adessive seinäl seinil
ablative seinälpäi seinilpäi
allative seinäle seinile
abessive seinäta seinita
comitative seinänke seinidenke
prolative seinädme seinidme
approximative I seinänno seinidenno
approximative II seinännoks seinidennoks
egressive seinännopäi seinidennopäi
terminative I seinähäsai seinihesai
terminative II seinälesai seinilesai
terminative III seinässai
additive I seinähäpäi seinihepäi
additive II seinälepäi seinilepäi

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch sein (signal), from Old French seigne, a northern variant of signe.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sein n (plural seinen, diminutive seintsje)

  1. signal

Further reading[edit]

  • sein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011