seine

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 2 French 2.1 Noun 3 German 3.1 Pronoun

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Old English segne < West Germanic *sagina < Latin sagena < Greek σαγήνη ("dragnet"), of unknown origin.

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seine (plural seines)

1. A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.

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to seine (third-person singular simple present seines, present participle seining, simple past and past participle seined)

1. To use a seine, to fish with a seine.

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seine f.

1. seine (for fishing)

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case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	sein	seine	sein	seine
genitive	seines	seiner	seines	seiner
dative	seinem	seiner	seinem	seinen
accusative	seinen	seine	sein	seine

seine f., sein m.

1. (possessive) his, her, its, one's