seit

Etymology
From, from , from. Akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Related to Dutch and.

Conjunction

 * 1) since

Usage notes

 * is often construed with the present tense in clauses defining the age a person was when something began:, . This use of the present tense is somewhat peculiar but mirrors the present tense in the main clause: The past tense is equally possible and common, however (thus: ).
 * The present tense for still continuing states, as in, is not anomalous but according to the general rules.

Preposition
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 * 1) since
 * 2) for (some past period of time)
 * 1) for (some past period of time)

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  thirst