Saal

See also: SAAL, saal, sáál, and sål

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsaal]

Proper noun

Saal m anim (female equivalent Saalová)

a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Saal (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Saal	Saalové
genitive	Saala	Saalů
dative	Saalovi	Saalům
accusative	Saala	Saaly
vocative	Saale	Saalové
locative	Saalovi	Saalech
instrumental	Saalem	Saaly

Further reading

“Saal”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Alternative forms

(obsolete) Sahl

Etymology

From Middle High German sal, from Old High German sal, sali, seli, from Proto-West Germanic *sali, from Proto-Germanic *saliz, *salą, from Proto-Indo-European Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”).

Cognate with Dutch zaal, Swedish sal, Old English sele, Russian село́ (seló). Also cognate with French salle. Compare English salon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zaːl/
IPA^(key): /sɑːl/ (Austria)
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Saal m (strong, genitive Saales or Saals, plural Säle, diminutive Sälchen n)

hall or large room

Declension

Declension of Saal [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Saal	die	Säle
genitive	eines	des	Saales, Saals	der	Säle
dative	einem	dem	Saal, Saale¹	den	Sälen
accusative	einen	den	Saal	die	Säle

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Bulgarian: зала (zala)
Estonian: saal
Kashubian: zala
Russian: зал (zal)
- Georgian: ზალა (zala)
Serbo-Croatian: sala

See also

Zimmer

Further reading

“Saal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Saal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Saal” in Duden online

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