See
English edit
Noun edit
See (plural Sees)
- Alternative letter-case form of see.
Proper noun edit
See (plural Sees)
Anagrams edit
Alemannic German edit
Etymology 1 edit
Middle High German sē, from Old High German sē. Cognate with German See.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
See m (plural Seee, diminutive Seeli)
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms.
Noun edit
See m
References edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 67.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German sē, sēo m (“sea”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi m (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz m (“sea”). Compare Low German See (“sea, lake”), Dutch zee f (“sea”), English sea, Danish sø c (“sea, lake”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
See m (mixed, genitive Sees, plural Seen)
- lake
- Dieser See ist sehr klein.
- This lake is very small.
- "Görlitzer Park", Berliner Zeitung, November 11, 2013.
- Auf 14 Hektar gibt es unter anderem einen Kinderbauernhof, mehrere Sport-, Spiel- und Bolzplätze, zwei Aussichtsberge und einen kleinen See.
- There are, among other things, a petting zoo, multiple sporting facilities, playing grounds and soccer fields, two overlooks and a small lake on 14 hectares.
Declension edit
Noun edit
See f (genitive See, plural Seen)
- (uncountable, singular only) sea, ocean
- Synonyms: Meer, Ozean
- Mein Großvater ist als Fischer zur See gefahren.
- My grandfather went to sea as a fisherman.
- Giorgos Christides, "Griechenland empört über Kritik aus Österreich: "Sollen wir die Flüchtlingsboote vielleicht versenken?"", Der Spiegel, January 26, 2016.
- Wenn man ein Boot auf See sichte, gebe es nur eine Handlungsoption.
- When one spots a boat at sea, there would only be one way to act.
- (nautical) sea, sea condition, swell
- Die See ist heute sehr ruhig.
- The sea is very calm today.
Usage notes edit
- (sea, ocean): This sense is normal in compounds and fixed expressions (as above). Otherwise, See is elevated and usually replaced by the synonym Meer.
- (swell): This sense is very common in nautical parlance but also familiar to ordinary people.
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Proper noun edit
See n (proper noun, genitive Sees or (optionally with an article) See)
- A municipality of Tyrol, Austria
Further reading edit
- “See” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “See” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “See” in Duden online
- “See” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- See on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “See”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
German Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German sê, from Old Saxon sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Compare standard German See, Dutch zee, English sea, Swedish sjö.
Noun edit
See m (plural Seen)
- a lake
Noun edit
See f (plural Seen)
- sea, ocean
- Mien Grootvader föhr as Fischer to de See.
- My grandfather went to sea as a fisherman.
- sea, sea condition, swell
- De See is vundaag bannig rohig.
- The sea is very calm today.
Usage notes edit
- (sea, ocean): Contrary to its German counterpart, See in Low German is the most common word for sea and is never replaced by Meer as it is in standard German.
- (swell): This sense is very common in nautical parlance but also familiar to ordinary people.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Hunsrik edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
See m (plural See)
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagō. Cognate with German Säge, English saw, Dutch zaag, Icelandic sög, Danish sav.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
See f (plural Seeën)
Related terms edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Compare German See, Dutch zee, English sea, Swedish sjö.
Noun edit
See m
Noun edit
See n
Saterland Frisian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Form Old Frisian sē, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi. Cognates include German See and West Frisian see.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
See f (plural Seeë)
Derived terms edit
References edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From English See, from Hokkien 施 (Si) or 薛 (Sih). Doublet of Sy, Siy, Sze, and Shi.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
See (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ)
- a surname from Hokkien