See

See also: Appendix:Variations of "see"

English

Noun

See (plural Sees)

1. Alternative letter-case form of see.

Proper noun

See (plural Sees)

1. A surname.
   1. An English surname.
   2. A surname from German.
   3. A surname from Hokkien.

Anagrams

• -ese, ESE, Ese, ees, ese

Alemannic German

Etymology 1

Middle High German sē, from Old High German sē. Cognate with German See.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seː/

Noun

See m (plural Seee, diminutive Seeli)

1. lake

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

See m

1. (Uri) Alternative form of Se

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 67.

German

FWOTD – 17 April 2016

Etymology

From Middle High German sê, from Old High German sē, sēo m (“sea”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi m (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz m (“sea”). Compare Low German See (“sea, lake”), Dutch zee f (“sea”), English sea, Danish sø c (“sea, lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zeː/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eː
• Homophone: seh

Noun

See m (mixed, genitive Sees, plural Seen)

1. lake

   Dieser See ist sehr klein.

   This lake is very small.

   • "Görlitzer Park", Berliner Zeitung, November 11, 2013.

     Auf 14 Hektar gibt es unter anderem einen Kinderbauernhof, mehrere Sport-, Spiel- und Bolzplätze, zwei Aussichtsberge und einen kleinen See.

     There are, among other things, a petting zoo, multiple sporting facilities, playing grounds and soccer fields, two overlooks and a small lake on 14 hectares.

Declension

Declension of See [masculine, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	See	die	Seen
genitive	eines	des	Sees	der	Seen
dative	einem	dem	See	den	Seen
accusative	einen	den	See	die	Seen

Noun

See f (genitive See, plural Seen)

1. (uncountable, singular only) sea, ocean

   Synonyms: Meer, Ozean

   Mein Großvater ist als Fischer zur See gefahren.

   My grandfather went to sea as a fisherman.

   • Giorgos Christides, "Griechenland empört über Kritik aus Österreich: "Sollen wir die Flüchtlingsboote vielleicht versenken?"", Der Spiegel, January 26, 2016.

     Wenn man ein Boot auf See sichte, gebe es nur eine Handlungsoption.

     When one spots a boat at sea, there would only be one way to act.

2. (nautical) sea, sea condition, swell

   Die See ist heute sehr ruhig.

   The sea is very calm today.

Usage notes

• (sea, ocean): This sense is normal in compounds and fixed expressions (as above). Otherwise, See is elevated and usually replaced by the synonym Meer.
• (swell): This sense is very common in nautical parlance but also familiar to ordinary people.

Declension

Declension of See [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	See	die	Seen
genitive	einer	der	See	der	Seen
dative	einer	der	See	den	Seen
accusative	eine	die	See	die	Seen

Related terms

• Alpensee
• Binnensee
• Hochsee
• Irische See
• Nordsee
• Ostsee
• Seeaal
• Seeadler
• Seeblatt
• Seefahrer
• Seefahrt
• Seehafen
• Seehund
• Seeigel
• Seekrankheit
• Seemacht
• Seemeile
• Seenot
• Seeort
• Seerand
• Seeschiff
• Seeschifffahrt
• Seeübung
• Seeufer
• Seeungeheuer
• Seezunge
• Tiefsee
• Übersee

 

Proper noun

See n (proper noun, genitive Sees or (optionally with an article) See)

1. A municipality of Tyrol, Austria

Further reading

• “See” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “See” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “See” in Duden online
• “See” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• See on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “See”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German sê, from Old Saxon sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Compare standard German See, Dutch zee, English sea, Swedish sjö.

Noun

See m (plural Seen)

1. a lake

Noun

See f (plural Seen)

1. sea, ocean

   Mien Grootvader föhr as Fischer to de See.

   My grandfather went to sea as a fisherman.

2. sea, sea condition, swell

   De See is vundaag bannig rohig.

   The sea is very calm today.

Usage notes

• (sea, ocean): Contrary to its German counterpart, See in Low German is the most common word for sea and is never replaced by Meer as it is in standard German.
• (swell): This sense is very common in nautical parlance but also familiar to ordinary people.

Synonyms

• Meer
• Ozean

Derived terms

• Seeaal
• Seeblatt
• Seefohrt
• Seehaven
• Seehund
• Seekrankheit
• Seemacht
• Seeschipp
• Seeschippfohrt
• seesüük
• Seesüük
• Seeungehüer

 

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seː/

Noun

See m (plural See)

1. lake

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Luxembourgish

eng See

Etymology

From Old High German saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagō. Cognate with German Säge, English saw, Dutch zaag, Icelandic sög, Danish sav.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zeː/
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

See f (plural Seeën)

1. saw

Related terms

• seeën

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• sia (Föhr-Amrum)
• siie (Mooring)

Etymology

From Old Frisian sē, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi.

Noun

See f or m (plural Seen) (Sylt)

1. sea
2. lake

Usage notes

• Since Sylt Frisian has merged masculine and feminine genders it cannot use them to distinguish between both senses, except possibly with personal and possessive pronouns. For the German-influenced distinction in other dialects compare sia.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Compare German See, Dutch zee, English sea, Swedish sjö.

Noun

See m

1. lake

Noun

See n

1. sea, ocean

Saterland Frisian

n See.

Alternative forms

• Säi

Etymology

Form Old Frisian sē, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi. Cognates include German See and West Frisian see.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seː/
• Hyphenation: See
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

See f (plural Seeë)

1. sea

Derived terms

• Seemeeske

 

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “See”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English See, from Hokkien 施 (Si) or 薛 (Sih). Doublet of Sy, Siy, Sze, and Shi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /si/ [sɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: See

Proper noun

See (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Anagrams

• ese