seinen
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 青年 (seinen).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.nən/
- Rhymes: -eɪnən
Noun
seinen (plural seinen)
- A kind of manga written for an older male audience, generally 18-30 years old (and older).
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From sein + -en. Doublet of zegenen.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛi̯nən
Verb
seinen
- to signal
Conjugation
| Conjugation of seinen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | seinen | |||
| past singular | seinde | |||
| past participle | geseind | |||
| infinitive | seinen | |||
| gerund | seinen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | sein | seinde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | seint, sein2 | seinde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | seint | seinde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | seint | seinde | ||
| 3rd person singular | seint | seinde | ||
| plural | seinen | seinden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | seine | seinde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | seinen | seinden | ||
| imperative sing. | sein | |||
| imperative plur.1 | seint | |||
| participles | seinend | geseind | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯nən/, [ˈzaɪ̯nən], [ˈzaɪ̯nn̩] (standard)
- IPA(key): /zaɪ̯n/ (common, colloquial)
- IPA(key): /saɛ̯nɛn/, /saɛ̯n/ (Austria)
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Homophone: sein (nonstandard)
Determiner
seinen m sg or pl
- (possessive) inflection of sein:
- accusative masculine singular
- dative plural
Usage notes
- In colloquial spoken German, the masculine nominative forms mein, dein, kein, etc may not be distinguished from the accusative forms meinen, deinen, keinen etc in adjectival use. The distinction is maintained in substantival use, i.e. without a following noun.
Japanese
Romanization
seinen
West Frisian
Noun
seinen
- plural of sein
Noun
seinen
- plural of seine