säge

See also: sage, Sage, saĝe, and Säge

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• sägä, séege, ŝchegi, ŝchége (Walser)

Etymology

From Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagēn, from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, 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?

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

säge

1. inflection of sägen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Swedish

Verb

säge

1. Obsolete form of säga.

Further reading

• säge in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• äges