seichen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German seichen, from Old High German seichen, seihhen, from Proto-West Germanic *saikijan, from Proto-Germanic *saikijaną. Cognate with Dutch zeiken and regional German sicken (“to piss”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editseichen (weak, third-person singular present seicht, past tense seichte, past participle geseicht, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, vulgar, Upper German, also Switzerland) to urinate
- (colloquial, vulgar, derogatory, Upper German) to speak or write nonsense
Conjugation
editinfinitive | seichen | ||||
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present participle | seichend | ||||
past participle | geseicht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich seiche | wir seichen | i | ich seiche | wir seichen |
du seichst | ihr seicht | du seichest | ihr seichet | ||
er seicht | sie seichen | er seiche | sie seichen | ||
preterite | ich seichte | wir seichten | ii | ich seichte1 | wir seichten1 |
du seichtest | ihr seichtet | du seichtest1 | ihr seichtet1 | ||
er seichte | sie seichten | er seichte1 | sie seichten1 | ||
imperative | seich (du) seiche (du) |
seicht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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