See also: sagen, Sagen, Sägen, sågen, and sægen

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German segen, sagen, from Old High German segōn, sagōn. Equivalent to Säge +‎ -en. The two vocalic forms are considered ablaut variants, not umlaut variants; the spelling with -ä- is a compromise form.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛːɡən/, [ˈzɛː.ɡŋ̍], [ˈzeː-], [-ɡən]
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  • Hyphenation: sä‧gen
  • Homophones: Sägen (general), Segen (many speakers, especially northern and eastern regions)

Verb edit

sägen (weak, third-person singular present sägt, past tense sägte, past participle gesägt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to saw

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • sägen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sägen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • sägen” in Duden online
  • sägen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish sæghn, saghn, from Old Norse sǫgn, from Proto-Germanic *sagnō, cognate with Danish sagn, Old English sæġen (saying, statement). Derived from *sagjaną (to say).

Noun edit

sägen c

  1. a folk legend (usually containing supernatural elements and claiming to be true)
  2. (archaic, rare) a tale (account or story, more generally)
    Fänrik Ståls sägner
    The Tales of Ensign Stål (an epic poem)

Declension edit

Declension of sägen 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sägen sägnen sägner sägnerna
Genitive sägens sägnens sägners sägnernas

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Verb edit

sägen

  1. (archaic or dialectal) second-person plural imperative of säga

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