seihen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German *sīhen, from Old High German *sīhan, from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (to filter).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzaɪ̯ən]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: sei‧hen
  • Homophone: seien

Verb

seihen (third-person singular simple present seiht, past tense seihte, past participle geseiht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to filter, to sift, to strain

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • abseihen
  • durchseihen
  • Seiher
  • Seihtuch

Further reading

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