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

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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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Verb

sägen

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

References
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