sein

Meaning

Verb

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

Det

1. his
2. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
3. (informal) its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
4. one's

Pron

1. (archaic, form-of, genitive) genitive of er
2. (archaic, form-of, genitive) genitive of es

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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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Concepts

be

his

its

exist

her

their

have

stay

hers

one’s

sit

🪑

stand

been

being

stay on

subsist

were

worth

esse

it

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itsenäiset his

death

💀

be born yesterday

bounce off the walls

be

be

become

come about

get by

happen

keep on

lie

live on

mean

number

🔢

recline

remain

rest

stand in

Synonyms

ihr

seine

existieren

haben

ihre

bestehen

sich befinden

darstellen

vorhanden sein

geben

ihrer

seiner

lauten

da sein

Dasein

machen

ausmachen

werden

bedeuten

befinden

ihres

Guthaben

handeln

herstellen

hinlegen

ihrige

Land

leben

liegen

mein

nötig

passieren

sich zeigen

spielen

stehen

tun

überflüssig

überleben

übernehmen

überstehen

übrig

übrigbleiben

unser

verkörpern

vorkommen

vorliegen

wert sein

Wesen

X

zu viel

Translations

zijn

être

essere

estar

ser

son

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είμαι

estar

ser

su

sum

estar

sa

suo

Dialects

Zürich

sii

Zürich

si

St. Gallen

sii

Bern

sy

Zug

sii

Bern

si

Aargau

sii

Lucerne

si

Aargau

si

Zürich

sie

Appenzell Innerrhoden

sie

Bern

sii

Basel-Landschaft

syy

Graubünden

si

Basel-Landschaft

si

St. Gallen

si

Appenzell Innerrhoden

si

Basel-Stadt

syy

Aargau

sy

Graubünden

sii

Basel-Landschaft

sii

Obwalden

sii

St. Gallen

isch

Schaffhausen

si

Schwyz

sii

Solothurn

sy

Solothurn

ssi

Solothurn

si

Solothurn

sii

Thurgau

si

Thurgau

sii

Valais

sii

Appenzell Innerrhoden

see

Appenzell Innerrhoden

sii

Basel-Landschaft

sy

Basel-Stadt

sii

Basel-Stadt

sy

Fribourg

sy

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zaɪ̯n/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: sîn

Inherited from Old High German: sīn

Cognate with Dutch: zijn

Cognate with Low German: sien

Inherited from Middle High German: sein

Cognate with Danish: sin

Cognate with Old English: sīn

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”).

Sentences

Das könnte gut sein , weil wir selbstverständlich Steuern brauchen .

That could be good, because of course we need taxes.

Das ist ein sehr wichtiges Ziel , und es wird ziemlich schwer zu erreichen sein .

This is a very important goal, and it will be quite difficult to achieve.

Etwas muss vorgefallen sein .

Something must have happened.

Das Jagen ist deshalb sein neues Hobby .

Hunting is therefore his new hobby.

Er deutete auf sein Bein .

He pointed to his leg.

Er verließ sein Heimatland und ging nach Paris .

He left his home country and went to Paris.