Saal

See also: SAAL, saal, sáál, and sål

German

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) Sahl

Etymology

From Middle High German sal, from Old High German sal, sali, seli, from Proto-West Germanic *sali, from Proto-Germanic *saliz, *salą, from Proto-Indo-European Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”).

Cognate with Dutch zaal, Swedish sal, Old English sele, Russian село́ (seló). Also cognate with French salle. Compare English salon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaːl/
• IPA^(key): /sɑːl/ (Austria)

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Saal m (strong, genitive Saales or Saals, plural Säle, diminutive Sälchen n)

1. hall or large room.

Declension

Declension of Saal [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Saal	die	Säle
genitive	eines	des	Saales, Saals	der	Säle
dative	einem	dem	Saal, Saale1	den	Sälen
accusative	einen	den	Saal	die	Säle

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Empfangssaal
• Gemeindesaal
• Hörsaal
• Kirchensaal
• Konzertsaal
• Lesesaal
• Musiksaal
• Rittersaal
• Schlafsaal
• Speisesaal
• Spiegelsaal
• Studiensaal (“study hall”)
• Tanzsaal
• Theatersaal
• Turnsaal
• Vorlesungssaal

 

Derived terms

• Saalbau
• Saaleingang
• Saalfenster
• Saalkirche
• Saalveranstaltung
• Saalwirtschaft

 

Descendants

• Bulgarian: зала (zala)
• Estonian: saal
• Kashubian: zala
• Russian: зал (zal)
  • Georgian: ზალა (zala)
• Serbo-Croatian: sala

See also

• Zimmer

Further reading

• “Saal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Saal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Saal” in Duden online