Säge

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See also: sage, Sage, saĝe, and säge

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German sage, from Old High German saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Compare Dutch zaag, West Frisian seage, English saw, Danish sav, Swedish såg; as well as (from Latin secāre) Italian sega, French scie.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛːɡə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈzeːɡə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Sä‧ge

Noun[edit]

Säge f (genitive Säge, plural Sägen)

  1. saw

Declension[edit]

Declension of Säge [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Säge die Sägen
genitive einer der Säge der Sägen
dative einer der Säge den Sägen
accusative eine die Säge die Sägen

Derived terms[edit]

  • Several of the compounds with Säge- as first element are more probably derived from the verb sägen, but there is no definite way of distinguishing these.

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “Säge” in Duden online
  • “Säge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Saterland Frisian[edit]

n Säge.

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German sēge, borrowed from Middle High German zege, from Old High German ziga, from Proto-West Germanic *tigā. Cognates include German Ziege and German Low German Zeeg.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Säge f (plural Sägen)

  1. goat

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Säge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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