Sie

Meaning

you (polite, singular and plural)

Concepts

you
you
thou
lady
madam
mister
Mrs
she
👩
sir
them
they

elder brother

Gentlemen

Ladies

older brother

your father

your residence

Misery

lady and gentleman

elderly person

you
gentleman
🤵‍♂️
gentlemen
Synonyms

du
A1
Ihr
A1
ihr
A1
Du
A1

Ihr Bruder

euch
A1
Ihnen
A1
die
A1
Herr
A1
👨
ihm
A1
ihn
A1
ihnen
A1
Mutti
C1
👩‍🍼
Schachtel
B2
sehen
A1
👀
Tante
A2
Tussi
C1
Weib
B2
👩
Weibsbild
34k
👩
Weibsstück
33k
Alte
A1
Weibsperson
👩

Грамматически ведёт себя как местоимение

Liebe Freunde

Liebe Mädchen und Jungen

Meine Damen und Herren

weibliche Person

weiblicher Mensch

Frauensperson

Evastochter

Person weiblichen Geschlechts

dem
A1

mein Dame und Herr

den
A1
dich
A1

Eure

Eva
B2
Frau
A1
👩
Frauenzimmer
28k
Grazie
C2
Translations

vous
usted
ustedes
u
jullie
je
voi
jij
você
tu
tu
siz
tú
vosotros
Lei
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ziː/
Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European language promoninal stem -i and initial s. In the early Germanic languages, the sie is formed according to the above pattern, compare Gothic language si. The si/se was originally used to strengthen demonstrative pronouns, which is still preserved today in dieser, diese, dieses. The sie probably found its way into German primarily via the Old Saxon se, which developed as a plural form of the simple demonstrative thia. In Old High German, the forms si and sie are then found, which are also retained in Middle High German. In Modern High German, the many alternative forms (e.g. Middle Low German se) disappeared in favor of the modern sie. Due to the grammatical equality of sie and Sie, the capitalization of the pronoun came into use in the 17th century to differentiate between them when used as a form of address.

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