sägen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈzɛːɡən/, [ˈzɛː.ɡŋ̍], [ˈzeː-], [-ɡən]
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- Homophones: Sägen (general), Segen (many speakers, especially northern and eastern regions)
Verb
[edit]sägen (weak, third-person singular present sägt, past tense sägte, past participle gesägt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to saw
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | sägen | ||||
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present participle | sägend | ||||
past participle | gesägt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich säge | wir sägen | i | ich säge | wir sägen |
du sägst | ihr sägt | du sägest | ihr säget | ||
er sägt | sie sägen | er säge | sie sägen | ||
preterite | ich sägte | wir sägten | ii | ich sägte1 | wir sägten1 |
du sägtest | ihr sägtet | du sägtest1 | ihr sägtet1 | ||
er sägte | sie sägten | er sägte1 | sie sägten1 | ||
imperative | säg (du) säge (du) |
sägt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sägen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “sägen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “sägen” in Duden online
- “sägen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]sägen c
- a folk legend (usually containing supernatural elements and claiming to be true)
- (archaic, rare) a tale (account or story, more generally)
- Fänrik Ståls sägner
- The Tales of Ensign Stål (an epic poem)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sägen
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]sägen
References
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