Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• senn
• siehn, sinn, gesinn (southern Moselle Franconian)

Verb

sehn ‎(third-person singular present süht or seiht or sitt, past tense sooch, past participle jesehn or gesehn)

1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to see

   Dat süht doch ene Blende!

   A blind man could see that!

Usage notes

• The traditional forms are süht; sooch; jesehn in Ripuarian, and seiht; sooch; gesehn in Moselle Franconian. The present form sitt is a younger variant in some dialects.

German

Verb

sehn

1. (colloquial, poetic, dated in formal prose) Alternative form of sehen

Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon sehan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‎(“to see”). Compare German sehen, Dutch zien, English see, Danish se.

Pronunciation

• (most regions) IPA^(key): /seːn/, /sɛɪn/, /seɪn/, /zeːn/, /zɛɪn/, /zeɪn/
• (Westphalia) IPA^(key): /s̺eːn/, /s̺ɛɪn/, /s̺eɪn/, /s̺ɛːn/

Verb

sehn ‎(third-person singular simple present süht, past tense seeg, past participle sehn, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (intransitive) to see; to look

   op wat sehn — “to look at something”

   na wat sehn — “to look for something”

2. (intransitive, with “na ...”) to take care (of something or someone); to look (after someone)
3. (transitive) to see (something); to view; to watch; to observe; to look at
4. (transitive) to notice; to perceive; to realize
5. (reflexive with a plural subject or transitive) to meet; to go to see

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Sehn