zien

From Middle Dutch sien, from Old Dutch sian, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).

Originally a class 5 strong verb, but the Germanic *h was lost from the infinitive and present tense forms through syncope in Old Dutch. However, it alternated with *g in the past tense through Grammatischer Wechsel, and this remained.

• IPA^(key): /zin/

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• Hyphenation: zien
• Rhymes: -in

zien

1. (transitive) to see

   Ik zie jouw kat! ― I see your cat!

   Laat je nieuwe schoenen eens zien. ― Let me see your new shoes.

• Afrikaans: sien
• Javindo: sien, siet
• Jersey Dutch: zîn, zîne

• zyin

• IPA^(key): /ziːn/
• Homophones: zeen, zeene, zing

zien

1. present participle of zey
   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 9:

     Zien, "a blaak vall, a blaak vall, Ich meigh vella knew,

     Saying "a black fall, a black fall——I might well have known,

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129