German

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Etymology

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From 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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯çn̩/
  • Hyphenation: sei‧chen
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Verb

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seichen (weak, third-person singular present seicht, past tense seichte, past participle geseicht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, vulgar, Upper German, also Switzerland) to urinate
  2. (colloquial, vulgar, derogatory, Upper German) to speak or write nonsense

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • seichen” in Duden online
  • seichen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache