Vokabahn

sein

A1 Determiner / Verb frequency rank #51

What sein means

Determiner

  1. his
  2. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
  3. Used to express an approximate number, often with so
  4. one's

Verb

  1. forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain verbs
  2. As a copulative verb:
  3. to be
  4. Used to indicate dates, times of day, time periods, etc., be

Forms

Determiner · sein (masc., nom.); seine (fem., nom.); seines (masc., gen.); seiner (fem., gen.); seinem (masc., dat.); seinen (dat., plural); mein (masc.); meine (fem.) | sein · ist · war · ist gewesen (nach + Dativ)

Pronunciation

sein in a sentence

Sein Zug fährt in zehn Minuten ab.

His train leaves in ten minutes.

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sein is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #51 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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