säen

Meaning

to sow

Concepts

sow

seed

plant

🌱

sow seeds

sough

drop

scatter

sowed

sown

separate

Synonyms

pflanzen

🌱

Saatgut ausbringen

ausstreuen

Same

trennen

verbreiten

besamen

inseminieren

aussäen

einsäen

ausschütten

Translations

semer

sembrar

🌱

seminare

zaaien

semear

inzaaien

ensemencer

زرع

ekmek

🍞

semenar

desparramar

σπέρνω

sembrar

serere

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

saaie

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzɛːən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: sæjen

Inherited from Old High German: sāen

Cognate with Dutch: zaaien

Cognate with English: sow

Cognate with Danish: så

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle High German sæjen, from Old High German sāen, sājen, sāwen, from Proto-West Germanic *sāan, from Proto-Germanic *sēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-.
Compare Dutch zaaien, English sow, Danish så, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (saian). The expected modern spelling would be with an -h- to mark the hiatus (as in mähen, nähen), but this was avoided to distinguish säen from sähen, subjunctive of sehen (“to see”).