seien

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Basque

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Numeral

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seien

  1. genitive plural of sei

Catalan

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Verb

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seien

  1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of seure

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯ən/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sei‧en
  • Homophone: seihen

Verb

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seien

  1. first/third-person plural subjunctive I of sein
    • 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:
      "Im Namen des Königs, und kraft besonderer von Seiner Majestät uns übertragenen Gewalt, alle seine Unterthanen, wes Standes sie seien, zugleich die Ritter des goldnen Vließes zu richten, erkennen wir—"
      "In the King's name, and invested by his Majesty with authority to judge all his subjects of whatever rank [they be], not excepting the knights of the Golden Fleece, we declare—"

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English seċġan (to say), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.

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Verb

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seien

  1. To say, that is:
    1. To declare, to state in speech (and, by extension, in writing)
    2. To answer, to reply
    3. To call, to name or define
    4. To describe; to narrate
    5. To mean, to intend to say
    6. To teach or direct
    7. (ecclesiastical) To recite, to sing
    8. (law) To affirm, to assert
    9. (law) To plead
  2. (interjection) Say!
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: say
  • Scots: say, sa
  • Yola: zey, zei
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Etymology 2

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From Old English sǣġan, from Proto-Germanic *saigijaną.

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Verb

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seien

  1. To fall down, to sink
  2. To go to
  3. (of time) To pass, to go by
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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seien m

  1. definite singular of sei

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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seien

  1. definite singular of sei