siechen
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German siechen, from siohhēn, from Proto-West Germanic *seukēn. Cognate with Low German süüken, seeken and Swedish sjukna.
Verb
[edit]siechen (weak, third-person singular present siecht, past tense siechte, past participle gesiecht, auxiliary haben)
- (chiefly literary) to be very ill, bedridden for a long time, moribund
- (obsolete) to be ill (in general)
Usage notes
[edit]- Now mostly used with vor sich hin or replaced by the derivative dahinsiechen.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | siechen | ||||
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present participle | siechend | ||||
past participle | gesiecht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich sieche | wir siechen | i | ich sieche | wir siechen |
du siechst | ihr siecht | du siechest | ihr siechet | ||
er siecht | sie siechen | er sieche | sie siechen | ||
preterite | ich siechte | wir siechten | ii | ich siechte1 | wir siechten1 |
du siechtest | ihr siechtet | du siechtest1 | ihr siechtet1 | ||
er siechte | sie siechten | er siechte1 | sie siechten1 | ||
imperative | siech (du) sieche (du) |
siecht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]siechen
- inflection of siech:
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