# sie

sie is a German pronoun meaning “she”.

## In other languages

- Русский: она
- Українська: вона

## Pronoun

1. she; her
   - Ist sie noch krank? — Is she still sick?
2. it (with grammatically feminine subjects, i.e. those for which the article die – pronounced dee – is used)
   - Scheint die Sonne noch? Nein, sie ist schon untergegangen. — Is the sun still shining? No, it (literally “she”) has already gone down.
3. _formal_ he (when a grammatically feminine word is used to refer to a person, regardless of their sex)
   - Die Geisel Richard Meier versuchte, sich zu befreien, aber sie schaffte es nicht. — The hostage, Richard Meier, tried to break free, but he didn’t succeed.

## Pronoun

1. _plural_ they; them

## Examples

- Sie ist fast so groß wie du. — She is almost as tall as you.
- Sie ist nicht so groß wie er. — She's not as tall as him.
- Sie mag es, wenn ich das tue. — She likes it when I do that.
- Er ist doppelt so alt wie sie. — He is twice as old as she is.
- Sie ist sehr viel älter als er. — She's a lot older than he is.

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/sie