sein

(Englisch)

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er

  1. (personal) he
  2. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der))
  3. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der))
  4. (alt-of, alternative, archaic, personal) alternative spelling of Er (you (polite))

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Frequenz

A1
Dialekte

Zürich

Zürich

sii

Zürich

Zürich

si

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

sii

Bern

Bern

sy

Zug

Zug

sii

Bern

Bern

si

Aargau

Aargau

sii

Luzern

Luzern

si

Aargau

Aargau

si

Zürich

Zürich

sie

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

sie

Bern

Bern

sii

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

syy

Graubünden

Graubünden

si

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

si

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

si

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

si

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

syy

Aargau

Aargau

sy

Graubünden

Graubünden

sii

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

sii

Obwalden

Obwalden

sii

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

isch

Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen

si

Schwyz

Schwyz

sii

Solothurn

Solothurn

sy

Solothurn

Solothurn

ssi

Solothurn

Solothurn

si

Solothurn

Solothurn

sii

Thurgau

Thurgau

si

Thurgau

Thurgau

sii

Wallis

Wallis

sii

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

see

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

sii

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

sy

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

sii

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

sy

Freiburg

Freiburg

sy

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/zaɪ̯n/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Inherited from Middle High German sīn, from Old High German sīn (“to be”) (suppleted with Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”) and *beuną (“to be, exist, become”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be, exist”). Cognate with Dutch zijn (“to be”), Low German sien (“to be”).

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