sien

Noun

sien (plural siens)

1. Obsolete spelling of scion

Anagrams

• EINs, Nies, SINE, sein, sine, snie

Alternative forms

• siet (dialectal)

Etymology

From Dutch zien.

Verb

sien (present sien, present participle siende or sienende, past participle gesien)

1. to see

Noun

sien c

1. singular definite of si

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin suus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɛ̃/

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Adjective

sien (feminine singular sienne, masculine plural siens, feminine plural siennes)

1. (archaic) his (that which belongs to him); her (that which belongs to her)

Further reading

• “sien” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Inès, nies, niés, sein

Alternative forms

• seyn, syn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziːn/

Etymology

From Middle Low German sîn, from Old Saxon sīn. The infinitive sien along with the words is and sünd derive ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”), which had no separate infinitive in Germanic. The modern infinitive was probably back-formed in late Old Saxon from the former first-person plural subjunctive sīn (“we be”), since this form had become identical to the infinitive in other verbs during the late Old Saxon period. Compare also German sein, Dutch zijn.

The original infinitive is wesen, from Middle Low German wesen, from Old Saxon wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from *h₂wes- (“to reside”). All the forms with initial w- (imperative and past tense) derive from this root. The infinitive wesen is still the most used one, but in general which one is used is a matter of personal preference and/or region.

Finally, the forms bün and büst derive from Proto-Germanic *beuną (“to be, to become”), from *bʰuH- (“to become”), which survives only as relic forms in the West Germanic languages and not at all in the others. Its infinitive and non-singular forms are only attested in (Old) English.

Verb

sien (past singular weer, past participle wesen or west, auxiliary verb wesen)

1. (only as the infinitive) Alternative form of wesen

See also

• wesen

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch sian, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *sīan, from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną.

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Further reading

• “sien (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “siën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “sien (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “siën”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Verb

sien

1. Alternative form of seien

Alternative forms

• sin

Etymology

From Latin sine.

Preposition

sien

1. without

Alternative forms

• sȳn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *siuniz (“appearance, sight, face”), from *sehwaną (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”). Cognate with Old Frisian siōne, siūne (“face, countenance”), Old Saxon siun (“vision, sight”), Old Norse sýn (“face, appearance, countenance”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃 (siuns, “face, form, countenance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːyn/

Noun

sīen f

1. (West Saxon) (senses) power of sight, vision
2. (West Saxon) eye; pupil
3. (West Saxon) appearance, countenance

Etymology

Latin seum.

Adjective

sien

1. (stressed) third-person singular possessive pronoun
   1. his
   2. her
   3. one's
   4. its

Etymology

From Latin somnus.

Noun

sien f (plural siens)

1. (Sutsilvan) nap

Etymology

A development of older sen (“sense, judgement”) (compare Italian senno), influenced by conjugated forms of sentir (“to feel”) (compare siento (“I feel”)). Ultimately of Germanic origin (compare Dutch zin (“meaning, intention”), German Sinn (“sense, mind”), Norwegian sinn (“mind”), Swedish sinne (“mind, sense”)), from Proto-Germanic *sinnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sentnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjen/
• Homophone: cien (seseante dialects)
• Rhymes: -en

Noun

sien f (plural sienes)

1. temple (part of the skull on the side of the forehead)

References

• “sien” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.