sön

See also: Appendix:Variations of "son" and soen

German Low German

Alternative forms

• sien (in other dialects)

Etymology

From Middle Low German sîn, from Old Saxon sīn.

Compare Plautdietsch sennen, German sein, Dutch zijn, Old English sēon (“be”).

Verb

sön

1. (Low Prussian) to be (to exist; copula)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sön

infinitive	sön
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	sii	weer
2nd person singular	böst	weerst
3rd person singular	ös	weer
plural	sönd	weern
imperative	present	—
singular	sii, wees
plural	sönd, weest
participle	present	past
	söend	(e)wesen
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Synonyms

• (in many other Low German dialects) wesen