German - French Dictionary
/ziː/
Sie is a German pronoun with multiple functions: it serves as the formal second-person pronoun (you, singular or plural) and as the third-person plural pronoun (they). In French, it translates to tu, vous, il, elle, ils, elles, and related forms depending on context.
| # | Type | German | French |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pronoun | sie object pronoun: the person being addressed | toi |
| 2 | pronoun | sie object pronoun: the person being addressed | vous |
| 3 | pronoun | sie subject pronoun: the person being addressed | tu |
| 4 | pronoun | sie subject pronoun: the person being addressed | vous |
| 5 | pronoun | sie object pronoun: the group being addressed | vous |
| 6 | pronoun | sie object pronoun: the group being addressed | vous autres |
| 7 | pronoun | sie subject pronoun: the group being addressed | vous autres |
| 8 | pronoun | sie subject — inanimate thing | il |
| 9 | pronoun | sie subject — inanimate thing | elle |
| 10 | pronoun | sie subject — inanimate thing | ce |
| 11 | pronoun | sie subject — inanimate thing | ça |
| 12 | pronoun | sie third-person plural pronoun | ils |
| 13 | pronoun | sie third-person plural pronoun | elles |
| 14 | pronoun | sie third-person plural pronoun | eux |
| 15 | pronoun | sie third-person plural pronoun | iels |
| 16 | pronoun | sie person | elle |
| 17 | pronoun | sie third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb | les |
| 18 | pronoun | sie third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb | leur |
| 19 | pronoun | sie she | lui |
| 20 | pronoun | sie she | la |
Sie sprechen sehr gut Deutsch.
Vous parlez très bien l'allemand.
Wo sind sie? Ich sehe sie nicht.
Où sont-elles? Je ne les vois pas.
Kennst du sie schon lange?
Tu la connais depuis longtemps?
German Sie (formal you) is always capitalized and takes the same verb form as the third-person plural. Do not confuse formal Sie with lowercase sie (she, they). Remember that French vous works for both singular formal and all plurals, while elles or ils specify gender in the third-person plural where German sie does not.
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