sich
Meaning
- (accusative,dative,form-of,pronoun,reflexive) Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object)
- (accusative,dative,form-of,pronoun,reflexive) Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object)
Concepts
Synonyms
fortlaufen
für sich
Schulden machen
sich anziehen
sich selbst
sich unterhalten
sich verschulden
abquälen
sich bekehren
abplagen
sich heimlich davon machen
dialogisieren
dich selbst
Sie selbst
chartern
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
sich
Lucerne
sech
Basel-Landschaft
sich
Graubünden
sich
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
sich
Appenzell Innerrhoden
sich
Fribourg
sìch
Zürich
sichs
Basel-Landschaft
si
Fribourg
sich
St. Gallen
sì
Aargau
sich
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/zɪç/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German sich, from Old High German sih, from Proto-Germanic *sek. Compare Yiddish זיך (zikh), Dutch zich. This pronoun was originally restricted to the accusative case, while simple personal pronouns were used in the dative. Dative use of sich in Middle High German was restricted to northern dialects of Central German. In Early Modern German, a rare dative sir also occurred, formed by analogy with mir, dir. An obstacle to the generalisation of this form was the use of sich in the plural, where there operated the conflicting analogy with the merged accusative/dative forms uns, euch.
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