Sachs

See also: sächs

English

Etymology

From the German surname, from Sachse (“Saxon”).

Proper noun

Sachs

1. A surname from German [in turn originating as an ethnonym].

Derived terms

• Hornbostel-Sachs
• Sachs-Hornbostel
• Sachsian
• Tay-Sachs disease

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sachs m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Sachs' or (with an article) Sachs, feminine genitive Sachs, plural Sachs or Sachsens)

1. a surname

Noun

Sachs m (strong, genitive Sachses, plural Sachse)

1. (historical) seax; a short Saxon sword

Declension

Declension of Sachs [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sachs	die	Sachse
genitive	eines	des	Sachses	der	Sachse
dative	einem	dem	Sachs, Sachse1	den	Sachsen
accusative	einen	den	Sachs	die	Sachse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Alternative forms

• Sax

Further reading

• “Sachs” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sachs” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Sachs” in Duden online
• “Sachs” in Duden online