singen

singen

1. to sing

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

From Middle High German singen, from Old High German singan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪŋən/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋn̩

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singen (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present singt, past tense sang, past participle gesungen, past subjunctive sänge, auxiliary haben)

1. to sing
   • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 38:

     Er ging rasch und sicher, trällerte vor sich hin, endlich begann er sogar zu singen mit einer schönen dunklen Stimme, die ihm selber fremd vorkam.

     He walked fast and firmly, trilled to himself, finally he even started to sing in a beautiful dark voice, which seemed unfamiliar to himself.

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From Old Saxon singan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.

singen (past singular sung, past participle sungen, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (Low Saxon) to sing

From Old Dutch singan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.

singen

1. to sing

• Dutch: zingen
  • Afrikaans: sing
• Limburgish: zinge

• “singhen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “singen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Old English singan (“to sing”), from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.

singen

1. to sing

   • a. 1250, unknown, “Sumer is icumen in”‎:

     Lhude sing cuccu / Groweþ sed / and bloweþ med

     Sing loudly, cuckoo! / seed grows / and fields bloom

     a. 1380, John Wycliffe, Of feyned contemplatif lif, of song, of þe ordynal of salisbury, & of bodely almes & worldly bysynesse of prestis; hou bi þes foure þe fend lettiþ hem fro prechynge of þe gospel‎:

     Þan were matynys & masse & euen song, placebo & dirige & comendacion & matynes of oure lady ordeyned of synful men, to be songen wiþ heiȝe criynge to lette men fro þe sentence & vnderstondynge of þat þat was þus songen, & to maken men wery & vndisposid to studie goddis lawe for akyng of hedis […]

     Then there were matins, mass, evensong, placebo, dirges, commendations, and matins of Our Lady, which originated from sinful men, to be sung with high-pitched shrieking to keep people from the meaning and understanding of that which was sung, as to make men weary and unsuited to study God's law because of headaches […]

• English: sing
• Scots: sing

From Old High German singan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.

singen

1. to sing

• Alemannic German:
  • Swabian:
    • Sathmar Swabian: singe
• Bavarian:
  • Cimbrian: singen
• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: singe
• German: singen
• Luxembourgish: sangen
• Rhine Franconian:
  • Pennsylvania German: singe
• Yiddish: זינגען‎‎ (zingen‎)