säge

See also: sage, Sage, saĝe, and Säge

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• sägä, séege, ŝchegi, ŝchége (Walser)

Etymology

From Old High German sagēn, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-. Cognate with German sagen, Dutch zeggen, English say, Swedish säga.

Verb

säge (third-person singular simple present säit, past participle gsäit, auxiliary haa)

1. to say, speak
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     Seisch jetz no einisch Saumeitli zuemer?

     Are you going to call me a little sow again?

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German

Verb

säge

1. first-person singular indicative present of sägen
2. first-person singular subjunctive present of sägen
3. third-person singular subjunctive present of sägen
4. second-person singular imperative present of sägen

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Swedish

Verb

säge

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of säga

Anagrams

• äges