sie
Meaning
- (feminine) she
- (feminine) it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine [die])
- (feminine) he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine [die])
Concepts
Synonyms
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
sie
Zürich
si
Appenzell Innerrhoden
sie
Fribourg
si
Appenzell Innerrhoden
si
St. Gallen
sì
Zürich
sii
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
sie
Bern
se
Basel-Landschaft
sii
Basel-Landschaft
si
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ziː/
Etymology
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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