Säge

See also: sage, Sage, saĝe, and säge

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sage, from Old High German saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Compare Dutch zaag, West Frisian seage, English saw, Danish sav, Swedish såg; as well as (from Latin secāre) Italian sega, French scie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɛːɡə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
IPA^(key): /ˈzeːɡə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: Sä‧ge

Noun

Säge f (genitive Säge, plural Sägen)

saw

Declension

Declension of Säge [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Säge	die	Sägen
genitive	einer	der	Säge	der	Sägen
dative	einer	der	Säge	den	Sägen
accusative	eine	die	Säge	die	Sägen

Derived terms

Several of the compounds with Säge- as first element are more probably derived from the verb sägen, but there is no definite way of distinguishing these.

Descendants

→ Kashubian: żôga
→ Polish: (dialectal) żaga

See also

Fuchsschwanz

Further reading

“Säge” in Duden online
“Säge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Saterland Frisian

n Säge.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German sēge, borrowed from Middle High German zege, from Old High German ziga, from Proto-West Germanic *tigā. Cognates include German Ziege and German Low German Zeeg.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛːɣə/
Hyphenation: Sä‧ge
Rhymes: -ɛːɣə

Noun

Säge f (plural Sägen)

goat

Synonyms

Geet

References

Marron C. Fort (2015) “Säge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Säge&oldid=81885925"

Hidden category:

Pages with 2 entries