Säge
See also: sage, Sage, saĝe, and säge
German
Etymology
From Middle High German sage, from Old High German saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Compare Dutch zaag, West Frisian seage, English saw, Danish sav, Swedish såg; as well as (from Latin secāre) Italian sega, French scie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɛːɡə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈzeːɡə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Sä‧ge
Noun
Säge f (genitive Säge, plural Sägen)
- saw
Declension
Declension of Säge [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Säge | die | Sägen |
| genitive | einer | der | Säge | der | Sägen |
| dative | einer | der | Säge | den | Sägen |
| accusative | eine | die | Säge | die | Sägen |
Derived terms
- Several of the compounds with Säge- as first element are more probably derived from the verb sägen, but there is no definite way of distinguishing these.
- Bandsäge
- Baumsäge
- Bügelsäge
- Eisensäge
- Feinsäge
- Gattersäge
- Gehrungssäge
- Handsäge
- Holzsäge
- Kappsäge
- Kettensäge
- Kreissäge
- Laubsäge
- Lochsäge
- Metallsäge
- Motorsäge
- Nervensäge
- Säbelsäge
- Sägeblatt
- Sägebock
- Sägebrett
- Sägefisch
- Sägeholz
- Sägemaschine
- Sägemehl
- Sägemesser
- Sägemühle
- Sägemühle
- Säger
- Sägespan
- Sägewerk
- Sägezahnkurve
- Tigersäge
- Trummsäge
See also
- Fuchsschwanz
Further reading
- “Säge” in Duden online
- “Säge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Saterland Frisian
n Säge.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German sēge, borrowed from Middle High German zege, from Old High German ziga, from Proto-West Germanic *tigā. Cognates include German Ziege and German Low German Zeeg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛːɣə/
- Hyphenation: Sä‧ge
- Rhymes: -ɛːɣə
Noun
Säge f (plural Sägen)
- goat
Synonyms
- Geet
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “Säge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN