Borrowed from Old Saxon Sahso (“a Saxon, a Low German”), a tribe/people inhabiting northern Germany (not to be confused with modern Saxony). Germans in general were identified with (Old) Saxons because contact with the German-speaking countries happened at first mainly via the Baltic Sea with people speaking Low German. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō. Cognate with Estonian Saksamaa (literally “Saxon land”). Doublet of saksa, sakset, saksi (“claw”), saksi (“Saxon”), Saksi, sax, and seax.
Saksa
Inflection of Saksa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Saksa | Saksat | ||
genitive | Saksan | Saksojen | ||
partitive | Saksaa | Saksoja | ||
illative | Saksaan | Saksoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Saksa | Saksat | ||
accusative | nom. | Saksa | Saksat | |
gen. | Saksan | |||
genitive | Saksan | Saksojen Saksainrare | ||
partitive | Saksaa | Saksoja | ||
inessive | Saksassa | Saksoissa | ||
elative | Saksasta | Saksoista | ||
illative | Saksaan | Saksoihin | ||
adessive | Saksalla | Saksoilla | ||
ablative | Saksalta | Saksoilta | ||
allative | Saksalle | Saksoille | ||
essive | Saksana | Saksoina | ||
translative | Saksaksi | Saksoiksi | ||
abessive | Saksatta | Saksoitta | ||
instructive | — | Saksoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
From saksa. Akin to Finnish Saksa.
Saksa
Declension of Saksa (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Saksa | — |
genitive | Saksan | — |
partitive | Saksaa | — |
illative | Saksaa | — |
inessive | Saksaas | — |
elative | Saksast | — |
allative | Saksalle | — |
adessive | Saksaal | — |
ablative | Saksalt | — |
translative | Saksaks | — |
essive | Saksanna, Saksaan | — |
exessive1) | Saksant | — |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |