Sache

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See also: sache, sachê, and sachè

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sache, from Old High German sahha, from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō.

Cognate with Bavarian Såch, German Low German Sake, Low German sake, Dutch zaak, Afrikaans saak, English sake, Danish sag, Swedish sak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzaxə/, (Standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaχɛ/ (Austria)
  • Rhymes: -aχə
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧che
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Sache f (genitive Sache, plural Sachen, diminutive Sächlein n or Sächelchen n)

  1. matter, affair, case, question, issue
    beschlossene Sache ― done deal
    Die Polizei untersuchte die Sache ohne Ergebnis.
    The police investigated the matter with no result.
  2. thing, object
    Da ist noch eine Sache.
    There's one more thing (for me to say).
  3. (law) thing, piece of property
    bewegliche Sache ― movable property
    unbewegliche Sache ― immovable property
    • Sachen im Sinne des Gesetzes sind nur körperliche Gegenstände.[1]
      Only corporeal objects are things as defined by law.
  4. cause, action
  5. subject, matter, business
    Das ist Privatsache.
    That's a private matter.
    • 1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Schneeschmelze:
      »Das tut nichts zur Sache«, sagte die Frau.
      "That's got nothing to do with it," said the woman.
  6. (chiefly in the plural, colloquial) kilometres per hour
    Er raste mit hundert Sachen um die Ecke.
    He raced around the corner at 100 per.

Declension

Declension of Sache
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Sache die Sachen
genitive einer der Sache der Sachen
dative einer der Sache den Sachen
accusative eine die Sache die Sachen

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Greater Polish: zacha
  • → Kashubian: zacha
  • → Slovincian: zacha

See also

References

  1. ^ BGB, § 90

Further reading

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Noun

Sache f

  1. plural of Sach

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Sache

  1. plural of Sach
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