See
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]See (plural Sees)
- Alternative letter-case form of see.
Proper noun
[edit]See (plural Sees)
Anagrams
[edit]Alemannic German
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Middle High German sē, from Old High German sē. Cognate with German See.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]See m (plural Seee, diminutive Seeli)
Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms.
Noun
[edit]See m
References
[edit]- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 67.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German sê, from Old High German sē, sēo m (“sea”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi m (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz m (“sea”). Compare Low German See (“sea, lake”), Dutch zee f (“sea”), English sea, Danish sø c (“sea, lake”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]See m (mixed, genitive Sees, plural Seen)
- lake
- Dieser See ist sehr klein.
- This lake is very small.
- "Görlitzer Park", Berliner Zeitung, November 11, 2013.
- Auf 14 Hektar gibt es unter anderem einen Kinderbauernhof, mehrere Sport-, Spiel- und Bolzplätze, zwei Aussichtsberge und einen kleinen See.
- There are, among other things, a petting zoo, multiple sporting facilities, playing grounds and soccer fields, two overlooks and a small lake on 14 hectares.
Declension
[edit]Noun
[edit]See f (genitive See, plural Seen)
- (uncountable, singular only) sea, ocean
- Synonyms: Meer, Ozean
- Mein Großvater ist als Fischer zur See gefahren.
- My grandfather went to sea as a fisherman.
- Giorgos Christides, "Griechenland empört über Kritik aus Österreich: "Sollen wir die Flüchtlingsboote vielleicht versenken?"", Der Spiegel, January 26, 2016.
- Wenn man ein Boot auf See sichte, gebe es nur eine Handlungsoption.
- When one spots a boat at sea, there would only be one way to act.
- (nautical) sea, sea condition, swell
- Die See ist heute sehr ruhig.
- The sea is very calm today.
Usage notes
[edit]- (sea, ocean): This sense is normal in compounds and fixed expressions (as above). Otherwise, See is elevated and usually replaced by the synonym Meer.
- (swell): This sense is very common in nautical parlance but also familiar to ordinary people.
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]See n (proper noun, genitive Sees or (optionally with an article) See)
- A municipality of Tyrol, Austria
Further reading
[edit]- “See” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “See” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “See” in Duden online
- “See” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “See”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
German Low German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German sê, from Old Saxon sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Compare standard German See, Dutch zee, English sea, Swedish sjö.
Noun
[edit]See m (plural Seen)
- a lake
Noun
[edit]See f (plural Seen)
- sea, ocean
- Mien Grootvader föhr as Fischer to de See.
- My grandfather went to sea as a fisherman.
- sea, sea condition, swell
- De See is vundaag bannig rohig.
- The sea is very calm today.
Usage notes
[edit]- (sea, ocean): Contrary to its German counterpart, See in Low German is the most common word for sea and is never replaced by Meer as it is in standard German.
- (swell): This sense is very common in nautical parlance but also familiar to ordinary people.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Hunsrik
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]See m (plural See)
Further reading
[edit]Luxembourgish
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Etymology
[edit]From Old High German saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagō. Cognate with German Säge, English saw, Dutch zaag, Icelandic sög, Danish sav.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]See f (plural Seeën)
Related terms
[edit]North Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Dutch zee, German See, West Frisian see.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]See c (plural Seen)
Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Compare German See, Dutch zee, English sea, Swedish sjö.
Noun
[edit]See m
Noun
[edit]See n
Saterland Frisian
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Form Old Frisian sē, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi. Cognates include German See and West Frisian see.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]See f (plural Seeë)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Marron C. Fort (2015) “See”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English See, from Hokkien 施 (Si) or 薛 (Sih). Doublet of Sy, Siy, Sze, and Shi.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /si/ [sɪ]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: See
Proper noun
[edit]See (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien
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