Meaning

  1. (feminine) she
  2. (feminine) it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine [die])
  3. (feminine) he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine [die])

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

sie

Zürich

Zürich

si

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

sie

Fribourg

Fribourg

si

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

si

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

Zürich

Zürich

sii

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

sie

Bern

Bern

se

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

sii

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

si

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ziː/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German siu, si, from Old High German siu, si, from Proto-West Germanic *si(j)u, *sī, from Proto-Germanic *sī (see Proto-Germanic *iz). Cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐌹 (si) and Old English sēo (“that one (f.)”).

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