seggen

segg +‎ -en

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛɡːɛn]
• Hyphenation: seg‧gen

seggen

1. superessive singular of segg

From Middle Low German seggen, from Old Saxon seggian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.ɡən/

seggen (past singular sä, past participle seggt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to say, tell

   He sä, he wull laat ankamen

   He said he would come late

From Old Dutch *seggen, from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan. The irregular past tense is a common Ingvaeonic development of the northern dialects, seen also in brein and seil.

seggen

1. to say
2. to tell, to make known
3. to tell, to instruct
4. to say in writing, to write/be in writing
5. to call, to name

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: zeggen
  • Afrikaans: sê
  • Javindo: seg, seggen, sèè
  • Jersey Dutch: sääxxe
  • Petjo: sehhen
• Limburgish: zègke

• “secghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “seggen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

seggen

1. Alternative form of segen

seggen

1. Alternative form of seien

From Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).

seggen

1. to say

• Middle Dutch: seggen
  • Dutch: zeggen
    • Afrikaans: sê
    • Javindo: seg, seggen, sèè
    • Jersey Dutch: sääxxe
    • Petjo: sehhen
  • Limburgish: zègke

• “sagon, seggen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

seggen (Hildebrandslied)

1. Alternative form of sagēn