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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Japanese 青年 (seinen).

Noun edit

seinen (plural seinen)

  1. A kind of manga written for an older male audience, generally 18-30 years old.

Anagrams edit

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From sein +‎ -en. Doublet of zegenen.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯nən

Verb edit

seinen

  1. to signal

Inflection edit

Conjugation of seinen (weak)
infinitive seinen
past singular seinde
past participle geseind
infinitive seinen
gerund seinen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular sein seinde
2nd person sing. (jij) seint seinde
2nd person sing. (u) seint seinde
2nd person sing. (gij) seint seinde
3rd person singular seint seinde
plural seinen seinden
subjunctive sing.1 seine seinde
subjunctive plur.1 seinen seinden
imperative sing. sein
imperative plur.1 seint
participles seinend geseind
1) Archaic.

German edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯nən/, [ˈzaɪ̯nən], [ˈzaɪ̯nn̩] (standard)
  • IPA(key): /zaɪ̯n/ (common, colloquial)
  • IPA(key): /saɛ̯nɛn/, /saɛ̯n/ (Austria)
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Homophone: sein (nonstandard)

Determiner edit

seinen m sg or pl

  1. (possessive) inflection of sein:
    1. accusative masculine singular
    2. dative plural

Usage notes edit

  • In colloquial spoken German, the masculine nominative forms mein, dein, kein, etc may not be distinguished from the accusative forms meinen, deinen, keinen etc in adjectival use. The distinction is maintained in substantival use, i.e. without a following noun.

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

seinen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せいねん

West Frisian edit

Noun edit

seinen

  1. plural of sein

Noun edit

seinen

  1. plural of seine