seinen

Meaning

(accusative,form-of,masculine,plural,possessive,singular) inflection of sein:
(dative,form-of,plural,possessive,singular) inflection of sein:

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzaɪ̯nən/

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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

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Sentences

Seinen Vater
👨‍👦

kennt er
👨

nicht
🚫

.

He does not know his father.

Europa muss seinen Weg
🛣️

fortsetzen .

Europe needs to move on.

Unter seinen Nachkommen sind zahlreiche Pfarrer .

Among his descendants are numerous pastors.

Seinen Platz im Kronrat nahm die Königin
👸

ein
1

.

The Queen took his place in the Privy Council.

Dobson sucht den Täter unter seinen nächsten Angehörigen .

Dobson searches for the perpetrator among his next of kin.

In der Schengen-Zone reicht es , wenn man
1️⃣

seinen Personalausweis dabei hat .

In the Schengen zone, it is enough to have your identity card with you.

Eines Tages wird er
👨

von seinen Kindern beobachtet , wie er
👨

stehend uriniert .

One day, he is watched by his children as he urinates standing up.

Oliver goss versehentlich seinen Kaffee
☕

über den Notizblock .

Oliver accidentally poured his coffee over the notepad.

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