See Sie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European language promoninal stem -i and initial s. In the early Germanic languages, the sie is formed according to the above pattern, compare Gothic language si. The si/se was originally used to strengthen demonstrative pronouns, which is still preserved today in dieser, diese, dieses. The sie probably found its way into German primarily via the Old Saxon se, which developed as a plural form of the simple demonstrative thia.\nIn Old High German, the forms si and sie are then found, which are also retained in Middle High German. In Modern High German, the many alternative forms (e.g. Middle Low German se) disappeared in favor of the modern sie. Due to the grammatical equality of sie and Sie, the capitalization of the pronoun came into use in the 17th century to differentiate between them when used as a form of address.", "forms": [ { "form": "no-table-tags", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "table-tags" ] }, { "form": "glossary", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "inflection-template" ] }, { "form": "ich", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "first-person", "nominative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "du", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "nominative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "-e", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "nominative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "er", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "masculine", "nominative", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "sie", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "feminine", "nominative", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "-se", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "feminine", "nominative", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "es", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "neuter", "nominative", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "wir", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "first-person", "nominative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "ihr", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "nominative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sie", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "nominative", "plural", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "-se", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "nominative", "plural", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "Sie", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "nominative" ] }, { "form": "Ihr", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "nominative" ] }, { "form": "meiner", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "first-person", "genitive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "mein", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "first-person", "genitive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "deiner", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "genitive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "dein", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "genitive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "seiner", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "masculine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "sein", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "masculine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "ihrer", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "feminine", "genitive", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "seiner", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "neuter", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "sein", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "neuter", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "unser", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "first-person", "genitive", "plural" ] }, { "form": "euer", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "genitive", "plural" ] }, { "form": "ihrer", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "plural", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "Ihrer", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "genitive" ] }, { "form": "Euer", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "genitive" ] }, { "form": "mir", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "first-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "dir", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "error-unrecognized-form", "singular" ] }, { "form": "ihm", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "masculine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "ihr", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "feminine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "ihm", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "neuter", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "uns", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "first-person", "plural" ] }, { "form": "euch", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "error-unrecognized-form", "plural" ] }, { "form": "ihnen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "plural", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "Ihnen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "error-unrecognized-form" ] }, { "form": "Euch", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "error-unrecognized-form" ] }, { "form": "mich", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "first-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "dich", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "error-unrecognized-form", "singular" ] }, { "form": "ihn", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "masculine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "sie", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "feminine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "-se", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "feminine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "es", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "neuter", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "uns", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "first-person", "plural" ] }, { "form": "euch", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "error-unrecognized-form", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sie", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "plural", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "-se", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "plural", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "Sie", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "error-unrecognized-form" ] }, { "form": "Euch", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "error-unrecognized-form" ] }, { "form": "-se", "tags": [ "alternative" ] }, { "form": "Se", "tags": [ "alternative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "pronoun", "cat2": "personal pronouns" }, "expansion": "Sie", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "German", "lang_code": "de", "pos": "pron", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "German entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "German personal pronouns", "parents": [ "Personal pronouns", "Pronouns", "Lemmas" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "German pronouns", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 4 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "derived": [ { "word": "siezen" } ], "examples": [ { "bold_english_offsets": [ [ 11, 14 ] ], "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 12, 15 ] ], "english": "What would you like to have, Mrs. Wagner?", "text": "Was möchten Sie, Frau Wagner?", "type": "example" }, { "bold_english_offsets": [ [ 16, 19 ] ], "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 9, 12 ] ], "english": "If I may invite you in, gentlemen.", "text": "Wenn ich Sie hereinbitten dürfte, meine Herren.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "you (polite; singular and plural)" ], "id": "en-Sie-de-pron-K5CGO988", "links": [ [ "you", "you" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ziː/" }, { "audio": "De-Sie.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/De-Sie.ogg/De-Sie.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/De-Sie.ogg" }, { "homophone": "sie" }, { "homophone": "sieh" }, { "rhymes": "-iː" } ], "word": "Sie" }
{ "derived": [ { "word": "siezen" } ], "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European language promoninal stem -i and initial s. In the early Germanic languages, the sie is formed according to the above pattern, compare Gothic language si. The si/se was originally used to strengthen demonstrative pronouns, which is still preserved today in dieser, diese, dieses. The sie probably found its way into German primarily via the Old Saxon se, which developed as a plural form of the simple demonstrative thia.\nIn Old High German, the forms si and sie are then found, which are also retained in Middle High German. In Modern High German, the many alternative forms (e.g. Middle Low German se) disappeared in favor of the modern sie. Due to the grammatical equality of sie and Sie, the capitalization of the pronoun came into use in the 17th century to differentiate between them when used as a form of address.", "forms": [ { "form": "no-table-tags", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "table-tags" ] }, { "form": "glossary", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "inflection-template" ] }, { "form": "ich", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "first-person", "nominative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "du", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "nominative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "-e", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "nominative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "er", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "masculine", "nominative", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "sie", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "feminine", "nominative", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "-se", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "feminine", "nominative", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "es", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "neuter", "nominative", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "wir", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "first-person", "nominative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "ihr", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "nominative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sie", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "nominative", "plural", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "-se", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "nominative", "plural", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "Sie", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "nominative" ] }, { "form": "Ihr", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "nominative" ] }, { "form": "meiner", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "first-person", "genitive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "mein", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "first-person", "genitive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "deiner", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "genitive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "dein", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "genitive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "seiner", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "masculine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "sein", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "masculine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "ihrer", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "feminine", "genitive", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "seiner", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "neuter", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "sein", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "neuter", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "unser", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "first-person", "genitive", "plural" ] }, { "form": "euer", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "genitive", "plural" ] }, { "form": "ihrer", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "plural", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "Ihrer", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "genitive" ] }, { "form": "Euer", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "error-unrecognized-form", "genitive" ] }, { "form": "mir", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "first-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "dir", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "error-unrecognized-form", "singular" ] }, { "form": "ihm", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "masculine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "ihr", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "feminine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "ihm", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "neuter", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "uns", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "first-person", "plural" ] }, { "form": "euch", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "error-unrecognized-form", "plural" ] }, { "form": "ihnen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "plural", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "Ihnen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "error-unrecognized-form" ] }, { "form": "Euch", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "error-unrecognized-form" ] }, { "form": "mich", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "first-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "dich", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "error-unrecognized-form", "singular" ] }, { "form": "ihn", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "masculine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "sie", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "feminine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "-se", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "feminine", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "es", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "neuter", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "uns", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "first-person", "plural" ] }, { "form": "euch", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "error-unrecognized-form", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sie", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "plural", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "-se", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "plural", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "Sie", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "error-unrecognized-form" ] }, { "form": "Euch", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "error-unrecognized-form" ] }, { "form": "-se", "tags": [ "alternative" ] }, { "form": "Se", "tags": [ "alternative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "pronoun", "cat2": "personal pronouns" }, "expansion": "Sie", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "German", "lang_code": "de", "pos": "pron", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "German entries with incorrect language header", "German lemmas", "German personal pronouns", "German pronouns", "German terms with homophones", "German terms with usage examples", "Pages with 4 entries", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:German/iː", "Rhymes:German/iː/1 syllable" ], "examples": [ { "bold_english_offsets": [ [ 11, 14 ] ], "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 12, 15 ] ], "english": "What would you like to have, Mrs. Wagner?", "text": "Was möchten Sie, Frau Wagner?", "type": "example" }, { "bold_english_offsets": [ [ 16, 19 ] ], "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 9, 12 ] ], "english": "If I may invite you in, gentlemen.", "text": "Wenn ich Sie hereinbitten dürfte, meine Herren.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "you (polite; singular and plural)" ], "links": [ [ "you", "you" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ziː/" }, { "audio": "De-Sie.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/De-Sie.ogg/De-Sie.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/De-Sie.ogg" }, { "homophone": "sie" }, { "homophone": "sieh" }, { "rhymes": "-iː" } ], "word": "Sie" }
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