seit

See also: šeit

Finnish

Noun

seit

1. (deprecated template usage) nominative plural of sei

Anagrams

• esti, etsi, itse, ties

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German sīt, from Old High German [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *sīþaz. Akin to Old Saxon sīd.

Pronunciation

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /zaɪ̯t/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: seid

Conjunction

seit

1. since
   • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 106:

     Vierzig mal 365 Tage und dazu noch die Schalttage waren verstrichen, seit Dorothee unter den Apfelbäumen Burkahnens über ihr Leben entschieden hatte.

     Forty times 365 days and in addition the leap days had passed since Dorothee had decided her future life under the apple trees of Burkahnen.

Preposition

seit (+ dative)

1. since
2. for

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) said
• (Sutsilvan) set
• (Surmiran) seid

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sitis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”).

Noun

seit f

1. (Sursilvan) thirst