sien

See also: si̋en and sień

English

Noun

sien (plural siens)

1. Obsolete spelling of scion

Anagrams

• EINs, Nies, SINE, sein, sine, snie

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Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• siet (dialectal)

Etymology

From Dutch zien.

Verb

sien (present sien, present participle siende or sienende, past participle gesien)

1. to see

See also

• kyk

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Danish

Noun

sien c

1. singular definite of si

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French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin suus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɛ̃/

• audio

  (file)

Adjective

sien (feminine singular sienne, masculine plural siens, feminine plural siennes)

1. (archaic) his (that which belongs to him); her (that which belongs to her)

Derived terms

• le sien (“his, hers”)

Related terms

• son/sa/ses

Further reading

• “sien” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Inès, nies, niés, sein

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Low German

Alternative forms

• seyn, syn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziːn/

Etymology

From Middle Low German sîn, from Old Saxon sīn. The infinitive sien along with the words is and sünd derive ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”), which had no separate infinitive in Germanic. The modern infinitive was probably back-formed in late Old Saxon from the former first-person plural subjunctive sīn (“we be”), since this form had become identical to the infinitive in other verbs during the late Old Saxon period. Compare also German sein, Dutch zijn.

The original infinitive is wesen, from Middle Low German wesen, from Old Saxon wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from *h₂wes- (“to reside”). All the forms with initial w- (imperative and past tense) derive from this root. The infinitive wesen is still the most used one, but in general which one is used is a matter of personal preference and/or region.

Finally, the forms bün and büst derive from Proto-Germanic *beuną (“to be, to become”), from *bʰuH- (“to become”), which survives only as relic forms in the West Germanic languages and not at all in the others. Its infinitive and non-singular forms are only attested in (Old) English.

Verb

sien (past singular weer, past participle wesen or west, auxiliary verb wesen)

1. (only as the infinitive) Alternative form of wesen

Conjugation

Conjugation of sien (irregular verb)

infinitive	sien
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	bün	weer
2nd person singular	büst	weerst
3rd person singular	is	weer
plural	sünd	weren
imperative	present	—
singular	wes
plural	west
participle	present	past
	sien	wesen, west
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Synonyms

• wesen

See also

• wesen

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch sian, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziən/

Verb

sien

1. to see
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.

     The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zien
  • Afrikaans: sien
• Limburgish: zeen

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *sīan, from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈziːən/

Verb

siën

1. to filter, to seep

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zijen, zijgen (merged with sigen)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

sien

1. inflection of wēsen:
   1. first-person and third-person plural present indicative
   2. first-person and third-person plural present subjunctive

Further reading

• “sien (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “siën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “sien (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “siën”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle English

Verb

sien

1. Alternative form of seien

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Mirandese

Alternative forms

• sin

Etymology

From Latin sine.

Preposition

sien

1. without

Antonyms

• cun

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Old English

Alternative forms

• sȳn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *siuniz (“appearance, sight, face”), from *sehwaną (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”). Cognate with Old Frisian siōne, siūne (“face, countenance”), Old Saxon siun (“vision, sight”), Old Norse sýn (“face, appearance, countenance”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃 (siuns, “face, form, countenance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːyn/

Noun

sīen f

1. (West Saxon) (senses) power of sight, vision
2. (West Saxon) eye; pupil
3. (West Saxon) appearance, countenance

Declension

Declension of sien (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sīen	sīene, sīena
accusative	sīen, sīene	sīene, sīena
genitive	sīene	sīena
dative	sīene	sīenum

Synonyms

• (power of vision): sihþ, ġesihþ
• (appearance): wlite
• (face): nebb

Derived terms

• wæfersīen

Related terms

• sēon

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Old French

Etymology

Latin seum.

Adjective

sien

1. (stressed) third-person singular possessive pronoun
   1. his
   2. her
   3. one's
   4. its

Usage notes

• chiefly used after an article (un, le, etc.) and before a noun. The noun may be omitted if clear from the context

  un sien fils

  his son

  enveierai le sien

  I will send his

Descendants

• French: sien

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin somnus.

Noun

sien f (plural siens)

1. (Sutsilvan) nap

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) siesta, durmida
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) cupid
• (Sursilvan) tut
• (Surmiran) cupidada, durmeidetta, cuc
• (Puter, Vallader) sönin
• (Vallader) sönet

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Spanish

Etymology

A development of older sen (“sense, judgement”) (compare Italian senno), influenced by conjugated forms of sentir (“to feel”) (compare siento (“I feel”)). Ultimately of Germanic origin (compare Dutch zin (“meaning, intention”), German Sinn (“sense, mind”), Norwegian sinn (“mind”), Swedish sinne (“mind, sense”)), from Proto-Germanic *sinnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sentnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjen/
• Homophone: cien (seseante dialects)
• Rhymes: -en

Noun

sien f (plural sienes)

1. (anatomy) temple (part of the skull on the side of the forehead)

Related terms

• sienes

References

• “sien” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.