seien

seien

1. genitive plural of sei

seien

1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of seure

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ̯ən/

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• Hyphenation: sei‧en
• Homophone: seihen

seien

1. first/third-person plural subjunctive I of sein
   • 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:

     "Im Namen des Königs, und kraft besonderer von Seiner Majestät uns übertragenen Gewalt, alle seine Unterthanen, wes Standes sie seien, zugleich die Ritter des goldnen Vließes zu richten, erkennen wir—"

     "In the King's name, and invested by his Majesty with authority to judge all his subjects of whatever rank [they be], not excepting the knights of the Golden Fleece, we declare—"

• eines, Eisen, niese, seine

From Old English seċġan (“to say”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną. The pronunciation with /æi̯/ is from generalization of Old English inflected forms with the stem sæġ-, whereas the pronunciation with /d͡ʒ/ is from inflected forms with the stem seċġ-.

• saien, sain, saine, san, sæin, sæcgen, sæcgene, sæcgæn, sæcgan, sægen, sægenne, sæggen, sæggene, sayen, secgan, secgæn, secgon, secgen, secgene, secgenne, secȝende, sæcgenne, segen, seggen, seggon, seggane, segcean, seȝȝen, seggen, sein, seine, seigen, seiȝen, seiȝn, seuggen, seyen, seyn, sien, sigen, sucgen, sugen, suggen
• ziggen, ziggene (Kent)

• (from Old English sæġ-) IPA^(key): /ˈsæi̯ən/
• (from Old English seċġ-) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛd͡ʒən/

seien

1. To say, that is:
   1. To declare, to state in speech (and, by extension, in writing)
   2. To answer, to reply
   3. To call, to name or define
   4. To describe; to narrate
   5. To mean, to intend to say
   6. To teach or direct
   7. (ecclesiastical) To recite, to sing
   8. (law) To affirm, to assert
   9. (law) To plead
2. (interjection) Say!

• English: say
• Scots: say, sa
• Yola: zey, zei

• “seien, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old English sǣġan, from Proto-Germanic *saigijaną.

• seȝen

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæi̯ən/

seien

1. To fall down, to sink
2. To go to
3. (of time) To pass, to go by

• “seien, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

seien m

1. definite singular of sei

• eisen, isene, neies, neise, niese, -isene, seine, si-ene, sneie

seien

1. definite singular of sei