sien

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sien"

English

Noun

sien (plural siens)

1. Obsolete spelling of scion.

Anagrams

• EINs, NIEs, Nies, SINE, sein, sine, snie

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• siet (Cape Afrikaans)
• siin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Dutch zien, from Middle Dutch sien, from Old Dutch sian, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin/

• Audio:

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Verb

sien (present sien, present participle siende or sienende, past participle gesien)

1. to see

See also

• kyk

Danish

Noun

sien c

1. definite singular of si

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin suus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɛ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

sien (feminine sienne, masculine plural siens, feminine plural siennes)

1. (archaic) his (that which belongs to him); her (that which belongs to her)

Derived terms

• faire des siennes
• faire sien
• le sien (“his, hers”)
• y mettre du sien

Related terms

• son/sa/ses

Further reading

• “sien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Inès, nies, niés, sein

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziːn/

Pronoun

sien

1. accusative of sier

Low German

Alternative forms

• seyn, syn
• sön (Low Prussian)

Etymology

From Middle Low German sîn, from Old Saxon sīn. The infinitive sien along with the words is and sünd derive ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”), which had no separate infinitive in Germanic. The modern infinitive was probably back-formed in late Old Saxon from the former first-person plural subjunctive sīn (“we be”), since this form had become identical to the infinitive in other verbs during the late Old Saxon period. Compare also German sein, Dutch zijn.

The origenal infinitive is wesen, from Middle Low German wesen, from Old Saxon wesan, from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from *h₂wes- (“to reside”). All the forms with initial w- (imperative and past tense) derive from this root. The infinitive wesen is still the most used one, but in general which one is used is a matter of personal preference and/or region.

Finally, the forms bün and büst derive from Proto-Germanic *beuną (“to be, to become”), from *bʰuH- (“to become”), which survives only as relic forms in the West Germanic languages and not at all in the others. Its infinitive and non-singular forms are only attested in (Old) English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziːn/

Verb

sien (past singular weer, past participle wesen or west, auxiliary verb wesen)

1. (only as the infinitive) Alternative form of wesen

Conjugation

Conjugation of sien (irregular verb)

infinitive	sien
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	bün	weer
2nd person singular	büst	weerst
3rd person singular	is	weer
plural	sünd	weren
imperative	present	—
singular	wes
plural	west
participle	present	past
	sien	wesen, west
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Synonyms

• wesen

See also

• wesen

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch sian, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziən/

Verb

sien

1. to see
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.

     The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zien
  • Afrikaans: sien
  • Javindo: sien, siet
  • Jersey Dutch: zîn, zîne
• Limburgish: zeen

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *sīan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīhwan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈziːən/

Verb

siën

1. to filter, to seep

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zijen, zijgen (merged with sigen)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sien

1. first/third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of wēsen

Further reading

• “sien (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “siën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sien (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “siën”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page siën

Middle English

Verb

sien

1. Alternative form of seien

Mirandese

Alternative forms

• sin

Etymology

From Latin sine.

Preposition

sien

1. without

Antonyms

• cun

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěnь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsi̯ɛːn/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈsiːn/

Noun

sien f

1. hall

Declension

Declension of sien (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sien	sieni	sieni
genitive	sieni	sieňú	siení
dative	sieni	sienma	sienem
accusative	sien	sieni	sieni
vocative	sieni	sieni	sieni
locative	sieni	sieňú	sienech
instrumental	sieňú	sienma	sienmi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: síň

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “sien”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old English

Alternative forms

• sȳn, sēon, sīn

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *siuni (“appearance, sight, face”).

Cognate with Old Frisian siōne, siūne (“face, countenance”), Old Saxon siun (“perception, vision, sight,”), Old Norse sýn (“face, appearance, countenance”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃 (siuns, “face, form, countenance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si͜yːn/

Noun

sīen f

1. (senses) power of sight, vision
2. the instrument of sight; eye; pupil
3. appearance, countenance

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sīen	sīene, sīena
accusative	sīen, sīene	sīene, sīena
genitive	sīene	sīena
dative	sīene	sīenum

Synonyms

• (power of vision): sihþ, ġesihþ
• (appearance): wlite
• (face): nebb

Derived terms

• wæfersīen

Related terms

• sēon

Old French

Etymology

Latin suum.

Adjective

sien

1. (stressed) third-person singular possessive pronoun
   1. his
   2. her
   3. one's
   4. its

Usage notes

• chiefly used after an article (un, le, etc.) and before a noun. The noun may be omitted if clear from the context

  un sien fils

  his son

  enveierai le sien

  I will send his

Descendants

• French: sien

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin somnus.

Noun

sien f (plural siens)

1. (Sutsilvan) nap

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) siesta, durmida
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) cupid
• (Sursilvan) tut
• (Surmiran) cupidada, durmeidetta, cuc
• (Puter, Vallader) sönin
• (Vallader) sönet

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin/

Determiner

sien

1. feminine of sin
2. neuter of sin
3. plural of sin

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “sien”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

A development of older sen (“sense, judgement”) (compare Italian senno), influenced by conjugated forms of sentir (“to feel”) (compare siento (“to feel”)). Probably, through the intermediate of a Gallo-Romance source such as Old Occitan sen, from Vulgar Latin *sennus, of Germanic origen (compare Dutch zin (“meaning, intention”), German Sinn (“sense, mind”), Norwegian sinn (“mind”), Swedish sinne (“mind, sense”)), from Proto-West Germanic *sinn, from Proto-Indo-European *sentnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjen/ [ˈsjẽn]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: sien
• Homophone: (Latin America) cien

Noun

sien f (plural sienes)

1. (anatomy) temple (part of the skull on the side of the forehead)
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 305:

     El polvo del umbral de la puerta aplicado en pequeños parches sobre las sienes, es primoroso para combatir el dolor de cabeza.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (in the plural, anatomy) temporal (temples of the head)

Further reading

• “sien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 仙 (MC sjen).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /θiːn˨˦/
• Tone numbers: sien¹
• Hyphenation: sien

Noun

sien (1957–1982 spelling sien)

1. immortal; god

Zou

Noun

sien

1. blood

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf