sein

German (Berlin)

/zaɪ̯n/

verb-irregular
Definitions
  • (with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
  • (with an indirect object and certain adjectives) to feel, to experience a condition
  • (auxiliary)
  • (intransitive) to exist; there there to be; to be alive
  • (intransitive) to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
  • (intransitive) to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag

Etymology

Derived from Middle High German sein derived from Old High German sīn (be, his) derived from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (be, remain, graze, consume, feast) derived from Proto-Indo-European *es-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*es-

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