sön

See also: soen

German Low German

Alternative forms

• sien (in other dialects)

Etymology

From Middle Low German sîn, from Old Saxon sīn, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-. Compare Plautdietsch sennen,German sein, Dutch zijn, Old English sēon (“be”).

Verb

sön

1. (Low Prussian) to be (to exist; copula)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sön

infinitive	sön
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	sii	weer
2nd person singular	böst	weerst
3rd person singular	ös	weer
plural	sönd	weern
imperative	present	—
singular	sii, wees
plural	sönd, weest
participle	present	past
	söend	(e)wesen
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Synonyms

• (in many other Low German dialects) wesen