Säge

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See also: sage, Sage, saĝe, and säge

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sage, from Old High German saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (to cut).

Compare Dutch zaag, West Frisian seage, English saw, Danish sav, Swedish såg; as well as (from Latin secāre) Italian sega, French scie.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Säge f (genitive Säge, plural Sägen)

  1. saw

Declension

Derived terms

  • Several of the compounds with Säge- as first element are more probably derived from the verb sägen, but there is no definite way of distinguishing these.

Descendants

  • Kashubian: żôga
  • Polish: (dialectal) żaga

See also

Further reading

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

Saterland Frisian

n Säge.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German sēge, borrowed from Middle High German zege, from Old High German ziga, from Proto-West Germanic *tigā. Cognates include German Ziege and German Low German Zeeg.

Pronunciation

Noun

Säge f (plural Sägen)

  1. goat

Synonyms

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Säge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN