Sie
See also: sie, się, šie, Sië, and -sie
Bavarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Sie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si(ː)/, (stressed) [siː], (unstressed) [sɪ], [se]
Pronoun
Sie
- you (formal)
Usage notes
In Bavarian the formal pronoun Sie is used less often than in Standard German. It can be used in both singular and plural, but it's even less common in the plural.
Sie was mostly used towards strangers, especially those who don't speak Bavarian, as they would consider the Bavarian usage of du as rude, however it becomes more common by the influence of Standard German.
See also
Bavarian personal pronouns
| nominative | accusative | dative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | ||
| 1st person singular | i | — | mi | — | mia (mir) | ma | |
| 2nd person singular (informal) | du | — | di | — | dia (dir) | da | |
| 2nd person singular (formal) | Sie | — | Eahna | — | Eahna | — | |
| 3rd person singular | m | er | a | eahm | 'n | eahm | 'n |
| n | es, des | 's | des | 's | |||
| f | se, de | 's | se | 's | ihr | — | |
| 1st person plural | mia (mir) | ma | uns | — | uns | — | |
| 2nd person plural | eß, ihr | — | enk, eich | — | enk, eich | — | |
| 3rd person plural | se | 's | eahna | — | eahna | — | |
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- Siet (northernmost Ripuarian)
- Sick (Kölsch)
- Seck (most other Ripuarian)
- Seit (Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Old High German *sīda, northern variant of sīta, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ziː/
Noun
Sie f (plural Sijje)
- (westernmost Ripuarian) side
- Jank op Sie! ― Go aside!
- (westernmost Ripuarian) page
German
Alternative forms
- -se, Se (colloquial, rare spelling)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ziː/
Audio (file) - Homophones: sie, sieh
- Rhymes: -iː
Pronoun
Sie
- you (polite; singular and plural)
- Was möchten Sie, Frau Wagner?
- What would you like to have, Mrs. Wagner?
Usage notes
- The German Sie expresses distance in the relation between two persons. It is not perfectly correct to say that it expresses respect. Sie has never been used to address gods and saints. Towards parents it was only briefly used during the 18th century by some of the upper classes. (In both of these cases, however, Ihr was formerly possible alongside du.) Even royal highnesses used to be addressed as du, albeit not personally but in songs and poems (compare the famous "Heil dir im Siegerkranz").
- Sie is identical in form to the third person plural pronoun sie (“they”) and takes the same verb form. The "polite" Sie is distinguished in writing by capitalization. The only form which is not capitalized is the reflexive sich. When addressing a person with Sie, one generally needs to replace the third person plural pronoun with the demonstrative die ("those ones") to avoid confusion: Wissen Sie, was die zu mir gesagt haben? − “Do you know what they said to me?”
Declension
German personal pronouns
| singular | plural | singular and plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person familiar1 | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person familiar1 | 3rd person | 2nd person polite/formal | |||
| m | f | n | |||||||
| nominative | ich | du -e2 | er | sie -se2 | es | wir mir3 | ihr | sie -se2 | Sie Ihr4 |
| genitive | meiner mein4 | deiner dein4 | seiner sein4 | ihrer | seiner sein4 | unser | euer | ihrer | Ihrer Euer4 |
| dative | mir | dir | ihm | ihr | ihm | uns | euch | ihnen | Ihnen Euch4 |
| accusative | mich | dich | ihn | sie -se2 | es | sie -se2 | Sie Euch4 | ||
1These forms are sometimes capitalized, especially in letters. 2enclitic, colloquial 3dialectal 4archaic
- The genitive case Ihrer is more and more rarely used in modern German.
- The genitive case Ihrer does not express ownership, so it must not be confused with the possessive pronoun Ihr, which is declined by gender, singular/plural and case.
Derived terms
- siezen
Anagrams
- Eis
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German Sie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siː/
Pronoun
Sie
- polite form of du; you
Declension
Declension of Sie
| Nominative | Accusative | Dative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st - Singular | ich | mich | mir mer (unstressed) |
| 2nd - Singular | du de (unstressed) | dich | dir der (unstressed) |
| 3rd - Singular Masculine | er | ihn en (unstressed) | ihm em (unstressed) |
| 3rd - Singular Feminine | sie se (unstressed) | sie se (unstressed) | ihre re (unstressed) |
| 3rd - Singular Neuter | es | es | ihm em (unstressed) |
| 1st - Plural | mir mer (unstressed) | uns | uns |
| 2nd - Plural | dihr der (unstressed) | eich | eich |
| 3rd - Plural | sie | sie | ihne ne (unstressed) |
| 2nd - Polite | Sie | Sie | Ihne Ne (unstressed) |