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seinen
seinen
English
Noun
seinen (uncountable)
- A class of manga written for an older male audience, generally 18-30 years old.
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology
From sein.
Verb
seinen
- to signal
Inflection
| Inflection of seinen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | seinen | |||
| past singular | seinde | |||
| past participle | geseind | |||
| infinitive | seinen | |||
| gerund | seinen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | sein | seinde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | seint | seinde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | seint | seinde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | seint | seinde | ||
| 3rd person singular | seint | seinde | ||
| plural | seinen | seinden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | seine | seinde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | seinen | seinden | ||
| imperative sing. | sein | |||
| imperative plur.1 | seint | |||
| participles | seinend | geseind | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯nən/, [ˈzaɪ̯nən], [ˈzaɪ̯nn̩] (standard)
- IPA(key): /zaɪ̯n/ (common, colloquial)
- Homophone: sein (nonstandard)
Pronoun
seinen
Usage notes
- In colloquial spoken German, the masculine nominative forms mein, dein, kein, etc may not be distinguished from the accusative forms meinen, deinen, keinen etc in adjectival use. The distinction is maintained in substantival use, i.e. without a following noun.