seihen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sīhen, from Old High German sīhan, from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to filter”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzaɪ̯ən]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: sei‧hen
  • Homophone: seien

Verb

seihen (weak, third-person singular present seiht, past tense seihte, past participle geseiht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to filter, to sift, to strain

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “seihen” in Duden online
  • “seihen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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