seggen

See also: seǧǧen and seȝȝen

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German seggen, from Old Saxon seggian, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛ.ɡən/

Verb

seggen (past singular sä, past participle seggt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to say, tell
    He sä, he wull laat ankamen
    He said he would come late

Conjugation

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *seggen, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-. The irregular past tense is a common Ingvaeonic development of the northern dialects, seen also in brein and seil.

Verb

seggen

  1. to say
  2. to tell, to make known
  3. to tell, to instruct
  4. to say in writing, to write/be in writing
  5. to call, to name

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: zeggen
  • Limburgish: zègke

Further reading

  • “secghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “seggen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Verb

seggen

  1. Alternative form of seien
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