sehn
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- senn, siehn, sinn
- gesinn
Etymology
From Old High German *sian, northern variant of sehan. The distribution of the forms sehn and siehn in the dialects is in line with the general distribution of -ē- and -ī- for Old High German -io-, -ia-. Compare the same contraction in Old Dutch sian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zeːn/
Verb
sehn (third-person singular present süht or seiht or sitt, past tense sooch, past participle jesehn or gesehn)
- (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to see
- Dat süht doch ene Blende!
- A blind man could see that!
Usage notes
- The traditional principle parts 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
- (colloquial, poetic, dated in formal prose) Alternative form of sehen
Low German
Alternative forms
- seihen, seihn; substantivised Seihen) (Westphalian: Paderbornisch)
- seihn, seihen (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch)
Etymology
From Middle Low German sên, 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)
- (intransitive) to see; to look
- op wat sehn ― to look at something
- na wat sehn ― to look for something
- (intransitive, with na) to take care (of something or someone); to look (after someone)
- (transitive) to see (something); to view; to watch; to observe; to look at
- (transitive) to notice; to perceive; to realize
- (reflexive with a plural subject or transitive) to meet; to go to see
Conjugation
Conjugation of sehn (class 5 strong verb)
infinitive | sehn | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | seh | seeg |
2nd person singular | sühs(t) | seegs(t) |
3rd person singular | süh(t) | seeg |
plural | seht, sehen | segen |
imperative | present | — |
singular | seh | |
plural | seht | |
participle | present | past |
sehn | (e)sehen, gesehen | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
Further forms:
- Preterite: plural seegen, seegn
Derived terms
- Sehn