sagte

sagte

See also: sägte

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German sāfte, sāchte, from Old Saxon *sāfti, from Proto-West Germanic *samftī (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (“one, whole”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsæːɡdə], [ˈsæjdə], [ˈsɑwdə]

Adjective

sagte

1. soft, gentle

Adverb

sagte

1. softly, gently

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “samÞu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsɑɡ̊d̥ə]

Verb

sagte

1. past participle definite singular of sige
2. past participle plural of sige

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaːktə/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈzaxtə/ (common, northern Germany, central Germany)

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• Homophone: sachte (nonstandard)

Verb

sagte

1. inflection of sagen:
   1. first/third-person singular preterite
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive II

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

sagte

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of sakte