"seien" meaning in German

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  "hyphenation": [
    "sei‧en"
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "english": "\"In the King's name, and invested by his Majesty with authority to judge all his subjects of whatever rank [they be], not excepting the knights of the Golden Fleece, we declare—\"",
          "ref": "1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:",
          "text": "\"Im Namen des Königs, und kraft besonderer von Seiner Majestät uns übertragenen Gewalt, alle seine Unterthanen, wes Standes sie seien, zugleich die Ritter des goldnen Vließes zu richten, erkennen wir—\"",
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        "first/third-person plural subjunctive I of sein"
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          "sein",
          "sein#German"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzaɪ̯ən/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "seihen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"In the King's name, and invested by his Majesty with authority to judge all his subjects of whatever rank [they be], not excepting the knights of the Golden Fleece, we declare—\"",
          "ref": "1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:",
          "text": "\"Im Namen des Königs, und kraft besonderer von Seiner Majestät uns übertragenen Gewalt, alle seine Unterthanen, wes Standes sie seien, zugleich die Ritter des goldnen Vließes zu richten, erkennen wir—\"",
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        "first/third-person plural subjunctive I of sein"
      ],
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          "sein",
          "sein#German"
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      "ipa": "/ˈzaɪ̯ən/"
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      "homophone": "seihen"
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  "word": "seien"
}