sich

/zɪç/

pronoun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Pron Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

    The reflexive pronoun for third person and formal Sie — used constantly in verbs that are reflexive in German but not in English, like sich freuen (to be glad) or sich interessieren (to be interested).

Practice

1 What does sich mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches sich?

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