sien

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sien"

English

Noun

sien (plural siens)

1. Obsolete spelling of scion.

Anagrams

• EINs, NIEs, Nies, SINE, sein, sine, snie

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• siet (Cape Afrikaans)
• siin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Dutch zien, from Middle Dutch sien, from Old Dutch sian, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

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

1. to see

See also

• kyk

Danish

Noun

sien c

1. definite singular of si

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin suus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɛ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• faire des siennes
• faire sien
• le sien (“his, hers”)
• y mettre du sien

Related terms

• son/sa/ses

Further reading

• “sien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Inès, nies, niés, sein

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziːn/

Pronoun

sien

1. accusative of sier