bin

Meaning

first-person singular present of sein

Concepts

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪn/

Etymology

From Middle High German, from Old High German bim (“am”), from Proto-Germanic *biumi (first-person singular present active indicative of Proto-Germanic *beuną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to be, become, appear”). Cognate with Dutch ben (“am”), Old English bēom (“am”). More at be. German bin and Dutch ben have two sources: * a form based on Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“am”) like English am, Old Norse em * an initial b- that was added to the word under influence of verb forms based on Proto-Germanic *beuną (as in Old English beon)

Cognate with Dutch

ben

Cognate with English

am

New

sein

1. (copulative,irregular) to be
2. (impersonal,irregular) to feel (to experience a condition)
3. (impersonal,irregular) to feel like, to be in the mood for
4. (auxiliary,irregular) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
5. (intransitive,irregular) to exist; there to be; to be alive
6. (colloquial,intransitive,irregular) to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
7. (childish,intransitive,irregular) to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag