Sache
See also: sache, sachê, and sachè
German
Etymology
From Middle High German sache, from Old High German sahha, from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō.
Cognate with German Low German Sake, Low German sake, Dutch zaak, Afrikaans saak, English sake, Danish sag, Swedish sak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaxə/, [ˈzäχə]
- Rhymes: -aχə
- Hyphenation: Sa‧che
Audio (file)
Noun
Sache f (genitive Sache, plural Sachen, diminutive Sächlein n or Sächelchen n)
- matter, affair, case, question, issue
- beschlossene Sache ― done deal
- Die Polizei untersuchte die Sache ohne Ergebnis.
- The police investigated the matter with no result.
- thing, object
- Da ist noch eine Sache.
- There's one more thing (for me to say).
- (law) thing: corporeal object
- Sachen im Sinne des Gesetzes sind nur körperliche Gegenstände.[1]
- Only corporeal objects are things as defined by law.
- cause, action
- subject, matter, business
- 1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, ‘Schneeschmelze’:
- »Das tut nichts zur Sache«, sagte die Frau.
- "That's got nothing to do with it," said the woman.
- Das ist Privatsache.
- That's a private matter.
- 1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, ‘Schneeschmelze’:
- (chiefly in the plural, colloquial) kilometers per hour
- Er raste mit hundert Sachen um die Ecke.
- He raced around the corner at 100 per.
Declension
Declension of Sache [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Sache | die | Sachen |
genitive | einer | der | Sache | der | Sachen |
dative | einer | der | Sache | den | Sachen |
accusative | eine | die | Sache | die | Sachen |
Derived terms
- abgekartete Sache (“put-up affair”)
- Ansichtssache (“matter of opinion”)
- beschlossene Sache (“done deal”)
- Hauptsache (“main thing”)
- Nebensache (“minor matter, minor point”)
- Privatsache (“private matter, private affair”)
- Sachbegriff (“subject heading”)
- Sachbuch (“non-fiction (book)”)
- sachdienlich (“pertinent, relevant, helpful”)
- sächlich (“neuter”)
- sachlich (“objective”)
- Tatsache (“fact”)
See also
- Ding
- Geraffel
- Zeug
- Gegenstand
References
- BGB, § 90
Further reading
- “Sache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Sache” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsaxə/
Noun
Sache f
- plural of Sach
Pennsylvania German
Noun
Sache
- plural of Sach