German

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Etymology

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From sägen (to saw) +‎ Mehl (flour). The loss of the final -n is regular in compounds from verb stems. Alternatively analysable as Säge (a saw) +‎ Mehl.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛːɡəˌmeːl/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈzeːɡə-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: Sä‧ge‧mehl

Noun

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Sägemehl n (strong, genitive Sägemehles or Sägemehls, plural Sägemehle)

  1. sawdust

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Sägemehl” in Duden online
  • Sägemehl” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache