From Dutch zegenen, from Middle Dutch sēgenen, from Old Dutch *seginon, from Latin signāre. Doublet of sein. See: Dutch 'zegenen', Old Dutch '*seginon'.
Cognates
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Sample Sentences
Sy het haar hamer geseën waarmee sy inbrekers moer. (She has blessed her hammer that she uses to whack burglars.)
God seën Suid-Afrika. (God bless South Africa.) [1996, Parliament of South Africa, “Preamble”, in Constitution of South Africaᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ, page 3:]