Saksa

See also: saksa

Finnish

Etymology

From Old Saxon Sahso (“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. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō. For this, compare French Allemagne, Latin Germānia and possibly Latvian Vācija. Cognate with Estonian Saksamaa (literally “Saxon land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑks̠ɑ]

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• Rhymes: -ɑksɑ
• Syllabification: Sak‧sa

Proper noun

Saksa

1. Germany

   Synonyms: Saksanmaa, (historical) Germania

2. A surname​.

Usage notes

• Exceptionally, the country name Saksa (“Germany”) has a plural as from 1949 to 1990 there were two German states: Länsi-Saksa (“West Germany”) and Itä-Saksa (“East Germany”).

Declension

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• kamasaksa
• saksa
• saksalainen
• saksanhirvi
• saksankumina
• saksankuusi

• saksanpaimenkoira
• saksanpolkka
• saksanpähkinä
• saksansämpylä
• Saksan liittotasavalta
• siansaksa

See also

• Itä-Saksa
• Länsi-Saksa

Anagrams

• kassa