"se" meaning in Swedish

See se in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /seː/ Audio: Sv-se.ogg
Rhymes: -eː Etymology: From Old Swedish sēa, sē, sīa, from Old Norse séa, sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną. Final -g of the past tense form added under influence of the Old Swedish plural form sāgho. Etymology templates: {{root|sv|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=see}}, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|sea|sēa}} Old Swedish sēa, {{inh|sv|non|séa}} Old Norse séa, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*sehwaną}} Proto-Germanic *sehwaną Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|ser|preterite|såg|supine|sett|imperative|se|head=se}} se (present ser, preterite såg, supine sett, imperative se) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-st|se|såg|class=5|end=vw|pp=sedd|sup=sett}} Forms: ser [present], såg [preterite], sett [supine], se [imperative], strong [table-tags], se [active, infinitive], ses [infinitive, passive], sett [active, supine], setts [passive, supine], se [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], sen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], ser [active, indicative, present], såg [active, indicative, past], ses [indicative, passive, present], sågs [indicative, passive, past], se [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], sågo [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], ses [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], sågos [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], se [active, dated, present, subjunctive], såge [active, dated, past, subjunctive], ses [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], såges [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], seende [participle, present], sedd [participle, past]
  1. to see (not be blind)
    Sense id: en-se-sv-verb--TmxrIql
  2. to look Synonyms: titta, kolla, stirra, glo
    Sense id: en-se-sv-verb-p2wgJpFb
  3. to see; to understand Synonyms: förstå, fatta, begripa
    Sense id: en-se-sv-verb-sv:understand
  4. to see, to visualize; to form a mental picture of
    Sense id: en-se-sv-verb-dswMliMD Categories (other): Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters: 7 5 11 77 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 8 7 11 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: förnimma Related terms: höra, lukta, smaka, känna, syn, sikt
Derived forms: avse, bortse, frånse, inse, se an, se något an, se efter, se i syne, se på, se ut, se till, tillse, återse, överse

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "avse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bortse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "frånse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "inse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se an"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se något an"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se efter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se i syne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se på"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se ut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se till"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tillse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "återse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "överse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sekʷ-",
        "id": "see"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "sea",
        "4": "sēa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish sēa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "séa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse séa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sehwaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sehwaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish sēa, sē, sīa, from Old Norse séa, sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną. Final -g of the past tense form added under influence of the Old Swedish plural form sāgho.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ser",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "såg",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sett",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "5 strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ser",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "såg",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sågs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sågo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sågos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "såge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "såges",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sedd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "se",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "ser",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "såg",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "sett",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": "se"
      },
      "expansion": "se (present ser, preterite såg, supine sett, imperative se)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "förnimma"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "se",
        "2": "såg",
        "class": "5",
        "end": "vw",
        "pp": "sedd",
        "sup": "sett"
      },
      "name": "sv-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "höra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lukta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "smaka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "känna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "syn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sikt"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He said he was blind, but he can see",
          "text": "Han sa att han var blind, men han kan se",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to see (not be blind)"
      ],
      "id": "en-se-sv-verb--TmxrIql",
      "links": [
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Han såg på igelkotten\nHe looked at the hedgehog",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Quite the opposite, miss Julie, as you can see I have rushed to find my abandoned one!",
          "ref": "1888, August Strindberg, Fröken Julie:",
          "text": "Tvärtom, fröken Julie, som ni ser har jag skyndat uppsöka min övergivna!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "What I have seen and heard and felt has quite simply overwhelmed me.",
          "ref": "1915, John Wahlborg, Stjärnbanér i blågult:",
          "text": "Vad jag sett och hört och känt har helt enkelt överväldigat mig.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to look"
      ],
      "id": "en-se-sv-verb-p2wgJpFb",
      "links": [
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "titta"
        },
        {
          "word": "kolla"
        },
        {
          "word": "stirra"
        },
        {
          "word": "glo"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't see how that could be possible.",
          "text": "Jag ser inte hur det skulle kunna vara möjligt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to see; to understand"
      ],
      "id": "en-se-sv-verb-sv:understand",
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sv:understand"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "förstå"
        },
        {
          "word": "fatta"
        },
        {
          "word": "begripa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 5 11 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 7 11 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to see, to visualize; to form a mental picture of"
      ],
      "id": "en-se-sv-verb-dswMliMD",
      "links": [
        [
          "visualize",
          "visualize"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/seː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-se.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/Sv-se.ogg/Sv-se.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Sv-se.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "C"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "c"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "se"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters",
    "Pages with 103 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Swedish/eː",
    "Rhymes:Swedish/eː/1 syllable",
    "Swedish class 5 strong verbs",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish strong verbs",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Swedish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (see)",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms with homophones",
    "Swedish terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Swedish verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "avse"
    },
    {
      "word": "bortse"
    },
    {
      "word": "frånse"
    },
    {
      "word": "inse"
    },
    {
      "word": "se an"
    },
    {
      "word": "se något an"
    },
    {
      "word": "se efter"
    },
    {
      "word": "se i syne"
    },
    {
      "word": "se på"
    },
    {
      "word": "se ut"
    },
    {
      "word": "se till"
    },
    {
      "word": "tillse"
    },
    {
      "word": "återse"
    },
    {
      "word": "överse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sekʷ-",
        "id": "see"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "sea",
        "4": "sēa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish sēa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "séa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse séa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sehwaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sehwaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish sēa, sē, sīa, from Old Norse séa, sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną. Final -g of the past tense form added under influence of the Old Swedish plural form sāgho.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ser",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "såg",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sett",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "5 strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ser",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "såg",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sågs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sågo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sågos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "såge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "såges",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sedd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "se",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "ser",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "såg",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "sett",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": "se"
      },
      "expansion": "se (present ser, preterite såg, supine sett, imperative se)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "förnimma"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "se",
        "2": "såg",
        "class": "5",
        "end": "vw",
        "pp": "sedd",
        "sup": "sett"
      },
      "name": "sv-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "höra"
    },
    {
      "word": "lukta"
    },
    {
      "word": "smaka"
    },
    {
      "word": "känna"
    },
    {
      "word": "syn"
    },
    {
      "word": "sikt"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He said he was blind, but he can see",
          "text": "Han sa att han var blind, men han kan se",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to see (not be blind)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Swedish terms with quotations",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Han såg på igelkotten\nHe looked at the hedgehog",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Quite the opposite, miss Julie, as you can see I have rushed to find my abandoned one!",
          "ref": "1888, August Strindberg, Fröken Julie:",
          "text": "Tvärtom, fröken Julie, som ni ser har jag skyndat uppsöka min övergivna!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "What I have seen and heard and felt has quite simply overwhelmed me.",
          "ref": "1915, John Wahlborg, Stjärnbanér i blågult:",
          "text": "Vad jag sett och hört och känt har helt enkelt överväldigat mig.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to look"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "titta"
        },
        {
          "word": "kolla"
        },
        {
          "word": "stirra"
        },
        {
          "word": "glo"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't see how that could be possible.",
          "text": "Jag ser inte hur det skulle kunna vara möjligt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to see; to understand"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sv:understand"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "förstå"
        },
        {
          "word": "fatta"
        },
        {
          "word": "begripa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to see, to visualize; to form a mental picture of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "visualize",
          "visualize"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/seː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-se.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/Sv-se.ogg/Sv-se.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Sv-se.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "C"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "c"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "se"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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