Samen

See also: samen

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzaːmən/
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German sām, sāme, from Old High German sāmo[1], from Proto-Germanic *sēmô, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

Alternative forms

Noun

Samen m (genitive Samens, plural Samen)

  1. seed, grain
  2. semen, sperm
  3. (poetic, biblical) offspring
Declension
Declension of Samen
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Samen die Samen
genitive eines des Samens der Samen
dative einem dem Samen den Samen
accusative einen den Samen die Samen
Synonyms
  • (seed): Saat, Saatgut
  • (semen): Sperma, Wichse (vulgar)
  • (offspring): Nachkommenschaft
Derived terms
Descendants

Noun

Samen

  1. inflection of Same (“Sami person”):
    1. genitive, dative, and accusative singular
    2. all-case plural

References
  1. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Samen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

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