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sien

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

sien (plural siens)

  1. Obsolete spelling of scion

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch zien.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

sien (present sien, present participle siende or sienende, past participle gesien)

  1. to see

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DanishEdit

NounEdit

sien c

  1. definite singular of si

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Latin suus.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /sjɛ̃/
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AdjectiveEdit

sien (feminine singular sienne, masculine plural siens, feminine plural siennes)

  1. (archaic) his (that which belongs to him); her (that which belongs to her)

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Low GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

EtymologyEdit

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-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.

VerbEdit

sien (past singular weer, past participle wesen or west, auxiliary verb wesen)

  1. (only as the infinitive) Alternative form of wesen

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of sien (irregular verb)
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
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
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Middle DutchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Dutch sian, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

sien

  1. to see
    • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:
      Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.
      The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.
InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

DescendantsEdit
  • Dutch: zien
    • Afrikaans: sien
  • Limburgish: zeen

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Dutch *sīan, from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

siën

  1. to filter, to seep
InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

DescendantsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

VerbEdit

sien

  1. first/third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of wēsen

Further readingEdit

  • “sien (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “siën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “sien (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “siën”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle EnglishEdit

VerbEdit

sien

  1. Alternative form of seien

MirandeseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sine.

PrepositionEdit

sien

  1. without

AntonymsEdit

Old EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *siuniz (“appearance, sight, face”), from *sehwaną (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”). Cognate with Old Frisian siōne, siūne (“face, countenance”), Old Saxon siun (“vision, sight”), Old Norse sýn (“face, appearance, countenance”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃 (siuns, “face, form, countenance”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sīen f

  1. (senses) power of sight, vision
  2. The instrument of sight; eye; pupil
  3. appearance, countenance

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sien (strong i-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sīen sīene, sīena
accusative sīen, sīene sīene, sīena
genitive sīene sīena
dative sīene sīenum

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Latin seum.

AdjectiveEdit

sien

  1. (stressed) third-person singular possessive pronoun
    1. his
    2. her
    3. one's
    4. its

Usage notesEdit

  • chiefly used after an article (un, le, etc.) and before a noun. The noun may be omitted if clear from the context
    un sien fils
    his son
    enveierai le sien
    I will send his

DescendantsEdit

RomanschEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin somnus.

NounEdit

sien f (plural siens)

  1. (Sutsilvan) nap

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

A development of older sen (“sense, judgement”) (compare Italian senno), influenced by conjugated forms of sentir (“to feel”) (compare siento (“I 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-Germanic *sinnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sentnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sien f (plural sienes)

  1. (anatomy) temple (part of the skull on the side of the forehead)

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ReferencesEdit

ZhuangEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Chinese 仙 (MC siᴇn).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sien (old orthography sien)

  1. immortal; god
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