sägen

See also: sagen, Sagen, Sägen, sågen, and sægen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German segen, sagen, from Old High German segōn, sagōn. Equivalent to Säge + -en. The two vocalic forms are considered ablaut variants, not umlaut variants; the spelling with -ä- is a compromise form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛːɡən/, [ˈzɛː.ɡŋ̍], [ˈzeː-], [-ɡən]
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  • Hyphenation: sä‧gen
  • Homophones: Sägen (general), Segen (many speakers, especially northern and eastern regions)

Verb

sägen (weak, third-person singular present sägt, past tense sägte, past participle gesägt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to saw

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • sägen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sägen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • sägen” in Duden online
  • sägen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sæghn, saghn, from Old Norse sǫgn, from Proto-Germanic *sagnō, cognate with Danish sagn, Old English sæġen (saying, statement). Derived from *sagjaną (to say).

Noun

sägen c

  1. a folk legend (usually containing supernatural elements and claiming to be true)
  2. (archaic, rare) a tale (account or story, more generally)
    Fänrik Ståls sägner
    The Tales of Ensign Stål (an epic poem)

Declension

Declension of sägen 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sägen sägnen sägner sägnerna
Genitive sägens sägnens sägners sägnernas

Derived terms

Verb

sägen

  1. (archaic or dialectal) second-person plural imperative of säga

References

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