Samen

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1 German

German[edit]

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Samen

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈzaːmən/
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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle High German sām, sāme, from Old High German sāmo^[1], from Proto-Germanic *sēmô.

Alternative forms[edit]

Same (now rare)

Noun[edit]

Samen m (genitive Samens, plural Samen)

seed, grain
semen, sperm
(poetic, biblical) offspring

Declension[edit]

Declension of Samen

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Samen	die	Samen
genitive	eines	des	Samens	der	Samen
dative	einem	dem	Samen	den	Samen
accusative	einen	den	Samen	die	Samen

Synonyms[edit]

(seed): Saat, Saatgut
(semen): Sperma, Wichse (vulgar)
(offspring): Nachkommenschaft

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Japanese: ザーメン

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

Samen

inflected form of Same (“Sami person”)

References[edit]

^ Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Samen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

Samen in Duden online

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