sehn

== Central Franconian == === Alternative forms === senn, siehn, sinn gesinn === Etymology === From Middle High German sien, from Old High German *sian, northern variant of sehan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną. The distribution of the forms sehn and siehn in the dialects is in line with the general distribution of -ē- and -ī- for Old High German -ia-, -io-. Compare the same contraction in Old Dutch sian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /zeːn/ === Verb === sehn (third-person singular present süht or seiht or sitt, past tense sooch, past participle jesehn or gesehn) (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to see ==== Usage notes ==== The traditional principle parts are süht, sooch, jesehn in Ripuarian and seiht, sooch, gesehn in Moselle Franconian. The present form sitt is a younger variant in some dialects. == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === sehn (colloquial, poetic, dated in formal prose) alternative form of sehen == Low German == === Alternative forms === seihen (rarely seihn; substantivised Seihen) (Westphalian: Paderbornisch) seihn (rarer seihen) (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch) === Etymology === From Middle Low German sên, from Old Saxon sehan. Compare German sehen, Dutch zien, English see, Danish se. === Pronunciation === (most regions) IPA(key): /seːn/, /sɛɪn/, /seɪn/, /zeːn/, /zɛɪn/, /zeɪn/ (Westphalian) IPA(key): /s̺eːn/, /s̺ɛɪn/, /s̺eɪn/, /s̺ɛːn/ === Verb === sehn (third-person singular simple present süht, past tense seeg, past participle sehn, auxiliary verb hebben) (intransitive) to see; to look op wat sehn ― to look at something na wat sehn ― to look for something (intransitive, with na) to take care (of something or someone); to look (after someone) (transitive) to see (something); to view; to watch; to observe; to look at (transitive) to notice; to perceive; to realize (reflexive with a plural subject or transitive) to meet; to go to see ==== Conjugation ==== Singular imperative also süh. Preterite plural also seegen, seegn. ==== Derived terms ==== Sehn