Säge

See also: sage, Sage, saĝe, and säge

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sage, from Old High German saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Compare Dutch zaag, West Frisian seage, English saw, Danish sav, Swedish såg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛːɡə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈzeːɡə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: Sä‧ge

Noun

Säge f (genitive Säge, plural Sägen)

1. saw

Derived terms

• 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.

• Kettensäge
• Laubsäge
• Nervensäge
• Sägeblatt
• Sägebock
• Sägebrett
• Sägefisch
• Sägeholz
• Sägemaschine
• Sägemehl
• Sägemesser
• Sägemühle
• Sägemühle
• Säger
• Sägespan
• Sägewerk
• Sägezahnkurve

 

See also

• Fuchsschwanz

Further reading

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