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See also: Sein and séin

English

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Noun

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sein (plural seins)

  1. Archaic spelling of seine.

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Basque

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Etymology

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From Proto-Basque *seni.

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Noun

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sein anim

  1. child

Declension

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Declension of sein (anim C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive sein seina seinak seinok
ergative seinek seinak seinek seinok
dative seini seinari seinei seinoi
genitive seinen seinaren seinen seinon
comitative seinekin seinarekin seinekin seinokin
causative seinengatik seinarengatik seinengatik seinongatik
benefactive seinentzat seinarentzat seinentzat seinontzat
instrumental seinez seinaz seinez seinotaz
innesive seinengan seinarengan seinengan seinongan
locative
allative seinengana seinarengana seinengana seinongana
terminative seinenganaino seinarenganaino seinenganaino seinonganaino
directive seinenganantz seinarenganantz seinenganantz seinonganantz
destinative seinenganako seinarenganako seinenganako seinonganako
ablative seinengandik seinarengandik seinengandik seinongandik
partitive seinik
prolative seintzat

Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • sein”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • sein”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Old French seigne, a northern variant of signe, from Latin signum.[1] Doublet of zegen.

Noun

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sein n (plural seinen, diminutive seintje n)

  1. signal
    Synonym: signaal
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  • Indonesian: sein

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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sein

  1. inflection of seinen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

References

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  1. ^ sein; in J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *saina, borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Latvian siena. Finnish seinä is of the same origin.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈsei̯n/

Noun

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sein (genitive seina, partitive seina)

  1. wall

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsei̯n/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ein
  • Syllabification(key): sein
  • Hyphenation(key): sein

Noun

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sein

  1. inflection of sei:
    1. genitive singular
    2. instructive plural

Noun

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sein

  1. instructive plural of see

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French

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old French sein, from Latin sinus, from Proto-Italic *sinus, from Proto-Indo-European *sinos. Doublet of sinus. Compare Italian seno, Romanian sân, Romansch sain, Portuguese seio, Spanish seno.

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    Noun

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    sein m (plural seins)

    1. breast (the chest)
      Sur votre jeune sein laissez rouler ma tête.Let my head roll on your young breast.
    2. breast
      Elle a de gros seins.She has big breasts.
    3. (literary) womb
      Elle a porté cet enfant dans son sein.She carried this child in her womb.
    4. bosom
      au sein de la famillein the bosom of the family
      le sein du Pèrethe bosom of the Father

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    German

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    German Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia de

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Middle High German sīn, from Old High German sīn (to be) (suppleted with Proto-Germanic *wesaną (to be) and *beuną (to be, exist, become)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (to be, exist). Cognate with Dutch zijn (to be), Low German sien (to be).

    Verb

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    sein (irregular, third-person singular present ist, past tense war, past participle gewesen, past subjunctive wäre, auxiliary sein)

    1. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
      Das ist schön.That is beautiful.
      Das ist ein Auto.That is a car.
    2. (impersonal) to feel (to experience a condition) [with dative ‘someone’ and adjective ‘in some way’ (only for certain adjectives)]
      Usage: In this sense sein is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. For example: "Mir ist warm," "Mir ist es warm," and "Es ist mir warm," may all be translated as "I'm warm," or literally as "(To) me (it) is warm." See Usage notes for the respective adjectives.
      Ist dir kalt?Are you cold?
      Mir ist schlecht.I'm sick.
      Dem Mann ist schwindelig.The man feels dizzy.
      Den Kindern ist langweilig.The children are bored.
    3. (impersonal) to feel like, to be in the mood for [with dative ‘someone’, along with nach (+ dative) ‘something desired’ or danach ‘that thing’, (sometimes) along with zumute]
      Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted.
      Uns ist nach einem Film zumute.We feel like watching a movie.
      Mir ist nicht danach.I don't feel like it.
    4. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
      Er ist alt geworden.He has become old.
    5. (intransitive) to exist; there to be; to be alive
      Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb)
      That which does not exist now, may come into existence.
      Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus.
      When I am no more, you'll inherit the house.
    6. (intransitive, colloquial) to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
      Du bist.It’s your turn.
      Du bist nach mir.Your turn is after mine.
    7. (intransitive, childish) to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
      Du bist!You're it!
      Ich bin nicht mehr.I'm not it anymore.
    Conjugation
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    Alternative forms:

    • Past participle: gewest (obsolete; poetical)
    • Second-person plural preterite indicative: waret (older; poetical)

    The subjunctive I (first and third person) and indicative (first person only) forms are also used as imperatives.

    • Seien wir mal ehrlich./Sind wir mal ehrlich.Let’s be honest.
    • Seien Sie mal ehrlich. (second-person formal)Be honest!
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    Etymology 2

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    From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-West Germanic *sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz (his own, her own, its own, their own) (a reflexive possessive), from genitive of Proto-Indo-European *swé with denominative suffix Proto-Indo-European *-nós, equivalent to the genitive form of *se-.

    Cognate with Low German sien (his, its), Dutch zijn (his, its), Danish sin (his, her, its, their), Old English sīn (his, its).

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    sein

    1. his
      Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS.
      Daniel is sending a text to his sister.
      Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen.
      The cat often plays with his toys.
    2. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
      der Mond und sein Licht
      the moon and its light
      das Schaf und seine Lämmer
      the sheep and its lambs
      1. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
        Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro.
        That one costs around two hundred euros.
    3. one's
      Man muss seinem Herzen folgen.
      One must follow one’s heart.
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    When used as a pronoun, the nominative masculine takes the form seiner, and the nominative/accusative neuter takes the form seines or seins.

    • mein Vater und seinermy father and his
    • mein Kind und sein(e)smy child and his
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    Declension of sein
    singular plural
    m f n
    nominative sein seine sein seine
    genitive seines seiner seines seiner
    dative seinem seiner seinem seinen
    accusative seinen seine sein seine
    Nominatives of the possessive determiners
    singular possessum plural
    possessum
    masculine feminine neuter
    singular
    possessor
    first person mein meine mein meine
    second person dein
    Dein
    deine
    Deine
    dein
    Dein
    deine
    Deine
    third
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    m or n sein seine sein seine
    f ihr ihre ihr ihre
    plural
    possessor
    first person unser uns(e)re unser uns(e)re
    second person euer eure euer eure
    third person ihr ihre ihr ihre
    second-person formal Ihr Ihre Ihr Ihre

    Pronoun

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    sein

    1. (archaic) genitive of er
    2. (archaic) genitive of es

    Further reading

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    • sein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
    • sein” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • sein” in Duden online
    • sein” in OpenThesaurus.de

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    Romanization

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    sein

    1. romanization of 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽

    Hunsrik

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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-West Germanic *sīn (his). Cognate with German sein.

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    sein

    1. his
    2. its (agreeing with a neuter or masculine noun)

    Inflection

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    Hunsrik possessive pronouns
    nominative / accusative dative
    singular
    referent
    plural
    referent
    singular referent plural
    referent
    m or n f
    1st person singular mein mein, meine1 meim meiner meine
    2nd person singular dein dein, deine1 deim deiner deine
    3rd person singular m or n sein sein, seine1 seim seiner seine
    f eere eere eerem eerer eere
    1st person plural unser unser, unsre1 unsrem unsrer unsre
    2nd person plural eier eier, eire1 eirem eirer eire
    3rd person plural eere eere eerem eerer eere

    1 Form used when the plural of the noun is the same as the singular

    Further reading

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    • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “sein”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

    Indonesian

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    Etymology

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    From Dutch sein (signal), from Old French seigne, a northern variant of signe, from Latin signum. Doublet of sinyal.

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    • IPA(key): /seɪ̯n/
    • Hyphenation: sé‧in

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    sein

    1. signal
      Synonyms: tanda, isyarat
    2. ellipsis of lampu sein (indicator, turn signal)

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    Middle English

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    Verb

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    sein

    1. alternative form of seien

    Middle Irish

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    Determiner

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    sein

    1. alternative form of sin (that)

    Pronoun

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    sein

    1. alternative form of sin (that)

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse seinn.

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    sein (neuter singular seint, definite singular and plural seine, comparative seinere, indefinite superlative seinest, definite superlative seineste)

    1. alternative form of sen

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse seinn.

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    Adjective

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    sein (neuter seint, definite singular and plural seine, comparative seinare, indefinite superlative seinast, definite superlative seinaste)

    1. slow
    2. late (arriving after expected time)
    3. late (near the end of a period of time)

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    Old French

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Latin sinus.

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      sein oblique singularm (oblique plural seinz, nominative singular seinz, nominative plural sein)

      1. (anatomy) breast

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      Verb

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      sein

      1. first-person plural present subjunctive of vara

      Romansch

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      Etymology

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      From Latin sinus (compare French sein, Italian seno, Romanian sân, Spanish seno).

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      sein m

      1. (Sursilvan) breast (of a woman)
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      • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pèz
      • (Sutsilvan) péz
      • (Puter, Vallader) pet

      Veps

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Finnic *saina. Related to Finnish seinä.

      Noun

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      sein

      1. wall

      Declension

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      Inflection of sein (inflection type 6/kuva)
      nominative sing. sein
      genitive sing. seinän
      partitive sing. seinäd
      partitive plur. seinid
      singular plural
      nominative sein seinäd
      accusative seinän seinäd
      genitive seinän seiniden
      partitive seinäd seinid
      essive-instructive seinän seinin
      translative seinäks seinikš
      inessive seinäs seiniš
      elative seinäspäi seinišpäi
      illative seinähä seinihe
      adessive seinäl seinil
      ablative seinälpäi seinilpäi
      allative seinäle seinile
      abessive seinäta seinita
      comitative seinänke seinidenke
      prolative seinädme seinidme
      approximative I seinänno seinidenno
      approximative II seinännoks seinidennoks
      egressive seinännopäi seinidennopäi
      terminative I seinähäsai seinihesai
      terminative II seinälesai seinilesai
      terminative III seinässai
      additive I seinähäpäi seinihepäi
      additive II seinälepäi seinilepäi

      West Frisian

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      Etymology

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      From Dutch sein (signal), from Old French seigne, a northern variant of signe.

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      Noun

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      sein n (plural seinen, diminutive seintsje)

      1. signal

      Further reading

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      • sein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011