Saksa
See also: saksa
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Saxon Sahso (“a Saxon, a Low German”), a tribe/people inhabiting northern Germany (not to be confused with modern Saxony). Germans in general were identified with (Old) Saxons because contact with the German-speaking countries happened at first mainly via the Baltic Sea with people speaking Low German. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō. Cognate with Estonian Saksamaa (literally “Saxon land”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑks̠ɑ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑksɑ
- Syllabification(key): Sak‧sa
Proper noun
Saksa
- Germany
- Synonyms: Saksanmaa, (historical) Germania
- a surname
Usage notes
- Exceptionally, the country name Saksa (“Germany”) has a plural as from 1949 to 1990 there were two German states: Länsi-Saksa (“West Germany”) and Itä-Saksa (“East Germany”).
Declension
| Inflection of Saksa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Saksa | Saksat | |
| genitive | Saksan | Saksojen | |
| partitive | Saksaa | Saksoja | |
| illative | Saksaan | Saksoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Saksa | Saksat | |
| accusative | nom. | Saksa | Saksat |
| gen. | Saksan | ||
| genitive | Saksan | Saksojen Saksainrare | |
| partitive | Saksaa | Saksoja | |
| inessive | Saksassa | Saksoissa | |
| elative | Saksasta | Saksoista | |
| illative | Saksaan | Saksoihin | |
| adessive | Saksalla | Saksoilla | |
| ablative | Saksalta | Saksoilta | |
| allative | Saksalle | Saksoille | |
| essive | Saksana | Saksoina | |
| translative | Saksaksi | Saksoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Saksoin | |
| abessive | Saksatta | Saksoitta | |
| comitative | — | Saksoineen | |
| Possessive forms of Saksa (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Saksani | Saksamme |
| 2nd person | Saksasi | Saksanne |
| 3rd person | Saksansa | |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- kamasaksa
- saksa
- saksalainen
- saksanhirvi
- saksankumina
- saksankuusi
- saksanpaimenkoira
- saksanpolkka
- saksanpähkinä
- saksansämpylä
- Saksan liittotasavalta
- siansaksa
See also
- Itä-Saksa
- Länsi-Saksa
Anagrams
- kassa
Ingrian
Saksan kartta.
Etymology
From saksa. Akin to Finnish Saksa.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑks̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈʃɑkʃɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑksɑ
- Hyphenation: sak‧sa
Proper noun
Saksa
- Germany (a country in Europe)
Declension
| Declension of Saksa (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Saksa | — |
| genitive | Saksan | — |
| partitive | Saksaa | — |
| illative | Saksaa | — |
| inessive | Saksaas | — |
| elative | Saksast | — |
| allative | Saksalle | — |
| adessive | Saksaal | — |
| ablative | Saksalt | — |
| translative | Saksaks | — |
| essive | Saksanna, Saksaan | — |
| exessive1) | Saksant | — |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli (1936), P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46