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See also: Singen
Cimbrian
Verb
singen
- to sing
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
German
Etymology
From Middle High German singen, from Old High German singan, from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.
Pronunciation
Verb
singen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present singt, past tense sang, past participle gesungen, past subjunctive sänge, auxiliary haben)
- to sing
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 38:
- Er ging rasch und sicher, trällerte vor sich hin, endlich begann er sogar zu singen mit einer schönen dunklen Stimme, die ihm selber fremd vorkam.
- He walked fast and firmly, trilled to himself, finally he even started to sing in a beautiful dark voice, which seemed unfamiliar to himself.
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- absingen
- besingen
- einsingen
- lobsingen
- mitsingen
- nachsingen
- vorsingen
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Further reading
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Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German singen, from Old Saxon singan.
Verb
singen (past singular sung, past participle sungen, auxiliary verb hebben)
- (Low Saxon) to sing
Conjugation
Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch singan, from Proto-West Germanic *singwan.
Verb
singen
- to sing
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “singhen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “singen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English singan (“to sing”). Cognate with Middle Dutch singen, Middle High German singen, Old Swedish siunga, and Crimean Gothic singhen.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
singen
- To sing (something); to produce (certain) noises with one's voice:
- To produce chants or other sung verse (especially of a religious nature).
- a. 1380, John Wycliffe, Of feyned contemplatif lif, of song, of þe ordynal of salisbury, & of bodely almes & worldly bysynesse of prestis; hou bi þes foure þe fend lettiþ hem fro prechynge of þe gospel:
- Þan were matynys & masse & euen song, placebo & dirige & comendacion & matynes of oure lady ordeyned of synful men, to be songen wiþ heiȝe criynge to lette men fro þe sentence & vnderstondynge of þat þat was þus songen, & to maken men wery & vndisposid to studie goddis lawe for akyng of hedis […]
- Then there were matins, mass, evensong, placebo, dirges, commendations, and matins of Our Lady, which originated from sinful men, to be sung with high-pitched shrieking to keep people from the meaning and understanding of that which was sung, as to make men weary and unsuited to study God's law because of headaches […]
- To explicate or narrate in song.
- To cry in agony; to produce lamentations.
- To produce birdsong or a similar noise.
- a. 1250, unknown, “Sumer is icumen in”:
- Lhude sing cuccu / Groweþ sed / and bloweþ med
- Sing loudly, cuckoo! / seed grows / and fields bloom
- To produce chants or other sung verse (especially of a religious nature).
- To talk, recite, or declare (especially in a particular way or manner):
- To use or play a musical instrument.
- To make the sound of a musical instrument.
- To undergo agony or sorrow.
- (rare) To make an animal sound.
Conjugation
1 Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Conjugation
- “singen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 September 2019.
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Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
singen
- alternative form of synnen
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Middle High German
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German singan.
Pronunciation
Verb
singen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present singet, past tense sanc, past participle gesungen, past subjunctive sünge, auxiliary hān)
- to sing
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “singen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
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Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
singen
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