German

Noun

Sein n ‎(genitive Seins, no plural)

1. existence (the state of being, existing, or occurring)
   • c. 1810, August Wilhelm Schlegel translating William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene I

     Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage

     To be, or not to be, that is the question

Declension

English

Noun

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1. Archaic spelling of seine.

Basque

Noun

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1. child

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛi̯n
• IPA^(key): /sɛi̯n/

Etymology

From Old French seigne, a northern variant of signe, from Latin signum.^[1] The word zegen derives from the same source.

Noun

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1. signal

Synonyms

• signaal

Anagrams

• Ines, nies

References

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

Verb

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1. first-person singular present indicative of seinen
2. imperative of seinen

Estonian

Etymology

An old Baltic loanword, compare siena. Finnish seinä is of the same origin.

Noun

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1. wall

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sein
• Rhymes: -ein
• IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯n/

Noun

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1. Genitive singular form of sei.
2. Instructive plural form of sei.

Anagrams

• ensi

French

Etymology

From Latin sinus. Compare Italian seno, Romanian sân, Romansch sain, Portuguese seio, Spanish seno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃/
• Homophones: saint, sain

Noun

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1. (anatomy) breast
2. (literary) womb

   elle a porté cet enfant dans son sein - she carried this child in her womb

3. bosom

   au sein de la famille - in the bosom of the family

   le sein du Père - the bosom of the Father

Derived terms

• au sein de

Synonyms

• (breast): poitrine, (Quebec, slang) boule, (slang) nichon, nibard, nib, (informal) tété, lolo, néné, robert, (France, informal) gougoutte

Anagrams

• Inès, nies, niés, sien

German

Alternative forms

• seyn (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaɪ̯n/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
• Homophone: seinen (according to a common pronunciation of this form)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn ‎(“to be”) (with some parts from Proto-Germanic *wesaną ‎(“to be”) and *beuną ‎(“to be, exist, become”)), from Proto-Indo-European *es-, *h₁es- ‎(“to be, exist”). Cognate with Dutch zijn ‎(“to be”), Low German ween, sien, Old English sēon ‎(“to be”). More at sooth.

Verb

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1. (with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be

   Das ist schön.‎

   That is beautiful.

   Das ist ein Auto.‎

   That is a car.

2. (with a predicate adjective and an indirect object) to feel (to experience a certain condition)

   Mir ist kalt. Mir ist übel. Mir ist schwindelig. Mir ist wohl.

   I feel cold. I feel sick. I feel dizzy. I feel well. (Literally: To me is cold. etc.)

3. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tense of certain intransitive verbs

   Er ist alt geworden.‎

   He has become old.

4. (intransitive) to exist; there 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.

5. (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.”

6. (intransitive, childish) to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag

   Du bist! (Emphasis on du) – You're it!

   Ich bin nicht mehr. – I'm not it anymore.

Conjugation

Alternative forms:

• Second-person plural preterite indicative: waret (older; poetical)
• Second-person singular subjunctive II: wärst
• Second-person plural subjunctive II: wärt

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.‎ ― Be (second-person formal) honest!

Derived terms

• da sein
• weg sein

Etymology 2

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz ‎(“his, her, its, their”), from Proto-Indo-European *seinos, genitive of *só ‎(“that”). Cognate with Low German sien ‎(“his, its”), Dutch zijn ‎(“his, its”), Danish sin ‎(“his, her, its, their”), Old English sīn ‎(“his, its”).

Determiner

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1. his
2. its (when the owning object/article/thing/animal etc., is neuter (das) or masculine (der))

Inflection

When used as a noun, the nominative masculine takes the form seiner, and the nominative/accusative neuter takes the form seines or seins.

• mein Vater und seiner – my father and his
• mein Kind und sein(e)s – my child and his

Anagrams

• eins

Gothic

Romanization

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1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽

Middle English

Verb

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1. Alternative form of seien

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse seinn

Adjective

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1. alternative form of sen

References

• “sein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse seinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛiːn/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

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

References

• “sein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Noun

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1. breast (anatomy)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) sain
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sagn

Etymology

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

Noun

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1. (Sursilvan, anatomy) breast (of a woman)

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pèz
• (Sutsilvan) péz
• (Puter, Vallader) pet