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German
Etymology
19th c., Sage + -n- + haft. Compare similar Middle High German sagehaft (“which is spoken of, famous”) which was not continued.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sagenhaft (strong nominative masculine singular sagenhafter, comparative sagenhafter, superlative am sagenhaftesten)
- legendary, mythical (of or pertaining to a legend (myth) or saga)
Die sagenhafte Gründung Roms fand 753 vor Christi statt.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
1919, Ludwig Thoma, Erinnerungen:An derartige Geschehnisse habe ich kaum eine andere Erinnerung, als daß ich auch später noch unsere Jäger wie sagenhafte Helden bewunderte und ihr Tun und Wesen anstaunte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- mythical, storied (known chiefly through stories, and hence perhaps of dubious reality)
der sagenhafte Onkel aus Amerika- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (colloquial) fabulous, terrific, awesome, incredible
2022 November 9, Eberhard Seidel, “Inflation und Preissteigerung: Die #Dönerflation ist überfällig”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Das sagenhafte Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis des Döners im Brot war über Jahrzehnte ein relevanter Beitrag der türkischen Community zur Aufrechterhaltung des sozialen Friedens hierzulande.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial) incredibly large or great
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Synonyms
- (mythical, of or pertaining to myth(s)): legendär, legendenhaft, mythisch, sagenumwoben
- (terrific, awesome):, fantastisch, großartig, wahnsinnig, irre, toll
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