Saft

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1. Saft

Etymology

From Middle High German saf, saft, from Old High German saf, from Proto-West Germanic *sap (“juice, sap”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaft/ (Standard)
  • IPA(key): /saft/ (Austria)
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Noun

Saft m (strong, genitive Saftes or Safts, plural Säfte, diminutive Säftchen n)

  1. (beverage) juice
  2. (botany) sap
  3. (zoology) fluid
  4. (cooking) gravy, meat juice
    (Fleisch etc.) im eigenen Saft kochen ― (meat, etc.) to cook in its own juices
  5. (colloquial) power; electricity
    Das Handy hat keinen Saft mehr. ― The cellphone is out of juice.
  6. (colloquial) agility; vitality; power
  7. (slang) any bodily fluid, especially sweat and (vulgar) semen or vaginal fluid
    • 1992, “Saft”, in 4 gewinnt, performed by Die Fantastischen Vier:
      Es geht hier um den Austausch von Körperflüssigkeiten / Gib mir Deinen Saft, ich geb Dir meinen
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Saft
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Saft die Säfte
genitive eines des Saftes, Safts der Säfte
dative einem dem Saft, Safte1 den Säften
accusative einen den Saft die Säfte

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hungarian: szaft, zaft
  • → Serbo-Croatian: сафт／saft

Further reading

  • “Saft” in Duden online
  • “Saft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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