Segen
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German segen, from Old High German segan, from Latin signum. Cognate to Low German Siägen (Münsterländisch, Lippisch). Compare English sign.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈzeːɡən/, [ˈzeːɡən], [ˈzeːɡŋ̍]
- IPA(key): /ˈseːɡ̥ɛn/, [ˈseːɡ̥ŋ̍] (Austria, Bavaria)
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]Segen m (strong, genitive Segens, plural Segen)
- blessing
- 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten[1] (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:
- Und der weise Greis, mein Meister, gab mir seinen Segen, daß ich Euch aus jenem wunderbaren, mit Unzialschrift geschriebenen Buche einige Gleichnisse, Geschichten und Sagen erzähle.
- And the wise old man, my master, gave me his blessing to tell you some parables, stories, and sagas from that wonderful book written in uncial script.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Segen [masculine, strong]
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Luxembourgish
[edit]Noun
[edit]Segen m (plural Segen)
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