Samen

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German

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzaːmən/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German sām, sāme, from Old High German sāmo[1], from Proto-Germanic *sēmô, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

Alternative forms

Noun

Samen m (genitive Samens, plural Samen)

  1. seed, grain
  2. semen, sperm
  3. (poetic, biblical) offspring
Declension

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Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Japanese: ザーメン (zāmen)

Etymology 2

Noun

Samen

  1. inflection of Same (“Sami person”):
    1. genitive/dative/accusative singular
    2. all-case plural

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Samen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “Samen” in Duden online
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