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Satz

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German saz, satz, deverbal from setzen. Compare Yiddish זעץ (zets, “a punch”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Satz m (strong, genitive Satzes, plural Sätze)

  1. (grammar) sentence
    Dieser Satz scheint mir grammatikalisch falsch zu sein.
    This sentence seems grammatically wrong to me.
  2. (mathematics) proposition, theorem
    Ich war überglücklich als ich den Satz des Pythagoras zum ersten Mal in meinem Alltag anwenden konnte.
    I was overjoyed the first time I was able to use the Pythagorean theorem in my everyday life.
  3. set (matching collection of similar things)
  4. (music) movement
    Beethovens Fünfte Sinfonie hat vier Sätze.
    Beethoven's Fifth Symphony has four movements.
  5. (tennis) set
  6. jump, leap
    Ich erschreckte sie so sehr, dass sie einen Satz nach hinten machte.
    I startled her so much that she made a leap backwards.
  7. sediment, grounds (something that has precipitated from a liquid)
  8. typesetting

Usage notes

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Declension

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Declension of Satz [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Satz die Sätze
genitive eines des Satzes der Sätze
dative einem dem Satz, Satze1 den Sätzen
accusative einen den Satz die Sätze

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

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(linguistics: sentence):

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Hungarian: zacc
  • → Silesian: zac
  • → Czech: věta (semantic loan)
  • → Hebrew: משפט (mishpát) (semantic loan)
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: sats

See also

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Further reading

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  • “Satz”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
  • “Satz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Satz” in Duden online
  • Satz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsat͡s/
  • Rhymes: -ats
  • Syllabification: Satz

Noun

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Satz m (plural Setz)

  1. sentence

Further reading

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Limburgish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Central Franconian or German Satz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Satz m (plural Satze or Sätze or Sätz)

  1. set (matching collection of similar things)
  2. stride, jump, leap
  3. various types of sediment:
    1. dregs, residue
    2. coffee grounds
  4. yeast, leaven
  5. sentence, clause
  6. (Waubach, mining) the performance/production of a corridor or longwall in a coal mine.

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German Satz.

Noun

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Satz m

  1. yeast, leaven
  2. coffee grounds