sehn

See also: Sehn

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• senn, siehn, sinn
• gesinn

Etymology

From Middle High German sien, from Old High German *sian, northern variant of sehan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.

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 -ia-, -io-. 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)

1. (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

Pronunciation

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Verb

sehn

1. (colloquial, poetic, dated in formal prose) alternative form of sehen

Low German

Alternative forms

• seihen (rarely seihn; substantivised Seihen) (Westphalian: Paderbornisch)
• seihn (rarer seihen) (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch)

Etymology

From Middle Low German sên, from Old Saxon sehan. 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)

1. (intransitive) to see; to look

   op wat sehn ― to look at something

   na wat sehn ― to look for something

2. (intransitive, with na) to take care (of something or someone); to look (after someone)
3. (transitive) to see (something); to view; to watch; to observe; to look at
4. (transitive) to notice; to perceive; to realize
5. (reflexive with a plural subject or transitive) to meet; to go to see

Conjugation

Conjugation of sehn (class 5 strong verb)

infinitive	sehn
	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
singular	seh
plural	seht
	present	past
participle	sehn	(e)sehen, gesehen

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

• Singular imperative also süh.
• Preterite plural also seegen, seegn.

Derived terms

• Sehn