English

Noun

sien

1. Obsolete spelling of scion

Anagrams

• sine

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• siet (dialectal)

Etymology

From Dutch zien.

Verb

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

1. to see

See also

• kyk

Danish

Noun

sien c

1. singular definite of si

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin suus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɛ̃/

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• le sien ‎(“his, hers”)

Related terms

• son/sa/ses

Anagrams

• Inès, nies, niés, sein

Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziːn/

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 original infinitive is wesen, from Middle Low German wesen, from Old Saxon 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.

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Synonyms

• wesen

See also

• wesen

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch sian, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziən/

Verb

sien

1. to see

Conjugation

Descendants

• Dutch: zien

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *sīan, from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈziːən/

Verb

sien

1. to filter, to seep

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zijen, zijgen (merged with sigen)

Middle English

Verb

sien

1. Alternative form of seien

Mirandese

Alternative forms

• sin

Etymology

From Latin sine.

Preposition

sien

1. without

Antonyms

• cun

Old English

Alternative forms

• sȳn

Noun

sīen f

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

Declension

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• sēon

Old French

Etymology

Latin seum.

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

Spanish

Etymology

A development of older sen ‎(“sense, judgement”) (compare Italian senno), influenced by conjugated forms of sentir ‎(“to feel”) (compare siento ‎(“I feel”)). Ultimately of Germanic origin (compare Dutch zin ‎(“meaning, intention”), German Sinn ‎(“sense, mind”), Norwegian sinn ‎(“mind”), Swedish sinne ‎(“mind, sense”)), from Proto-Germanic *sinnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sentnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‎(“to feel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjen/
• Homophone: cien (seseante dialects)
• Rhymes: -en

Noun

sien f ‎(plural sienes)

1. temple (part of the skull on the side of the forehead)

Related terms

• sienes

References

• “sien” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.