Saksa
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See also: saksa
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Saxon Sahsa (“a Saxon, a Low German”), a tribe/people inhabiting northern Germany (not to be confused with modern Saxony). Germans in general were identified with (Old) Saxons because contact with the German-speaking countries happened at first mainly via the Baltic Sea with people speaking Low German.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Saksa
Usage notes[edit]
- Exceptionally, the country name Saksa (“Germany”) has a plural as from 1949 to 1990 there used to be two German states: Länsi-Saksa (“West Germany”) and Itä-Saksa (“East Germany”).
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of Saksa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Saksa | Saksat | |
| genitive | Saksan | Saksojen | |
| partitive | Saksaa | Saksoja | |
| illative | Saksaan | Saksoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Saksa | Saksat | |
| accusative | nom. | Saksa | Saksat |
| gen. | Saksan | ||
| genitive | Saksan | Saksojen Saksainrare | |
| partitive | Saksaa | Saksoja | |
| inessive | Saksassa | Saksoissa | |
| elative | Saksasta | Saksoista | |
| illative | Saksaan | Saksoihin | |
| adessive | Saksalla | Saksoilla | |
| ablative | Saksalta | Saksoilta | |
| allative | Saksalle | Saksoille | |
| essive | Saksana | Saksoina | |
| translative | Saksaksi | Saksoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Saksoin | |
| abessive | Saksatta | Saksoitta | |
| comitative | — | Saksoineen | |
| Possessive forms of Saksa (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Saksani | Saksamme |
| 2nd person | Saksasi | Saksanne |
| 3rd person | Saksansa | |
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