Samen

See also: samen

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzaːmən/
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German sām, sāme, from Old High German sāmo^[1], from Proto-Germanic *sēmô.

Alternative forms

Same (now rare)

Noun

Samen m (genitive Samens, plural Samen)

seed, grain
semen, sperm
(poetic, biblical) offspring

Declension

Declension of Samen

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Samen	die	Samen
genitive	eines	des	Samens	der	Samen
dative	einem	dem	Samen	den	Samen
accusative	einen	den	Samen	die	Samen

Synonyms

(seed): Saat, Saatgut
(semen): Sperma, Wichse (vulgar)
(offspring): Nachkommenschaft

Derived terms

besamen
Samenbank
Samenerguss
Samengewächs
Samenkorn
Sämling
Samenöl
Samenspender

Descendants

Japanese: ザーメン

Etymology 2

Noun

Samen

inflected form of Same (“Sami person”)

References

↑ Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Samen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

Further reading

Samen in Duden online

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