seinen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 青年 (seinen).

Noun

seinen (plural seinen)

A kind of manga written for an older male audience, generally 18-30 years old.

Anagrams

seen in, senine

Dutch

Etymology

From sein +‎ -en. Doublet of zegenen.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɛi̯nən

Verb

seinen

to signal

Inflection

Inflection 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	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.

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ̯nən/, [ˈzaɪ̯nən], [ˈzaɪ̯nn̩] (standard)
IPA^(key): /zaɪ̯n/ (common, colloquial)
IPA^(key): /saɛ̯nɛn/, /saɛ̯n/ (Austria)
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Homophone: sein (nonstandard)

Determiner

seinen m sg or pl

(possessive) inflection of sein:
1. accusative masculine singular
2. 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

Rōmaji transcription of せいねん

West Frisian

Noun

seinen

plural of sein

Noun

seinen

plural of seine

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