segnen
German, verb/ˈzeːɡnən/
segnen is a German verb meaning “to bless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem oder etwas den Segen erteilen”.
What does segnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bless
Gott segnet jene, die ehrlich sind.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem oder etwas den Segen erteilen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of segnen
- segnet present singular third-person
- segnete past
- gesegnet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- segnend participle present
- segne first-person indicative present
- segnest indicative present second-person
- segneten first-person indicative plural
- segnetest indicative preterite second-person
- segnetet indicative plural preterite
- habe gesegnet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gesegnet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- segne! imperative singular
- segnet! imperative plural
- gesegnet haben active infinitive perfect
- gesegnet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gesegnet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- gesegnet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce segnen?
- /ˈzeːɡnən/
- Germany /ˈzeːknən/
- /ˈzeːçnən/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to segnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is segnen in German?
segnen appears 1.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).