sagen
Danish
editNoun
editsagen c
Dutch
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editsagen
Anagrams
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagēn, from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.
Compare Low German seggen, Dutch zeggen, English say, Danish sige, Swedish säga.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /zaːɡən/, /zaːɡŋ̩/ (Germany)
- IPA(key): /saːɡɛn/, /saːɡŋ̩/, [-ɡ̥ɛn], [-ɡ̥ŋ̩] (Austria)
- Rhymes: -aːɡn̩
- Hyphenation: sa‧gen
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Verb
editsagen (weak, third-person singular present sagt, past tense sagte, past participle gesagt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally)
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 105:
- Sie schwiegen lange. Als er endlich etwas sagen wollte, wehrte sie leise ab. „Heute nichts mehr, ich bitte dich darum“.
- They were silent for a long time. When he finally wanted to say something, she softly refused. “Nothing more today, I beg you for that.”
- (transitive) to tell (to inform (someone) verbally)
- (transitive) to mean (to convey or signify)
- to speak up [with etwas]
Usage notes
editIn those inflected forms in which the stem sag- is not followed by a vowel, it is often pronounced: /zax/. This is due to dialectal influence and common throughout northern and central Germany. See the entries sag & sach, sagst, sagt, sagte, sagtest, sagten, sagtet, and gesagt.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | sagen | ||||
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present participle | sagend | ||||
past participle | gesagt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich sage | wir sagen | i | ich sage | wir sagen |
du sagst | ihr sagt | du sagest | ihr saget | ||
er sagt | sie sagen | er sage | sie sagen | ||
preterite | ich sagte | wir sagten | ii | ich sagte1 | wir sagten1 |
du sagtest | ihr sagtet | du sagtest1 | ihr sagtet1 | ||
er sagte | sie sagten | er sagte1 | sie sagten1 | ||
imperative | sag (du) sage (du) |
sagt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editJapanese
editRomanization
editsagen
Middle Dutch
editVerb
editsâgen
Middle High German
editEtymology
editInherited from Old High German sagēn.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsagen (class 2 weak or class 1 weak, third-person singular present saget or seit, past tense sagete or seite, past participle gesaget or geseit, auxiliary hān)
- to say
Conjugation
editinfinitive | sagen | ||||
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genitive gerund | sagennes sagenes | ||||
dative gerund | sagenne sagene | ||||
present participle | sagende | ||||
past participle | gesaget | ||||
auxiliary | hān | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich sage | wir sagen | i | ich sage | wir sagen |
du sagest | ir saget | du sagest | ir saget | ||
ër saget | sie sagent | ër sage | sie sagen | ||
preterite | ich sagete | wir sageten | ii | ich sagete | wir sageten |
du sagetest | ir sagetet | du sagetest | ir sagetet | ||
ër sagete | sie sageten | ër sagete | sie sageten | ||
imperative | sage (du) | saget (ir) |
Descendants
edit- German: sagen
References
edit- Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “sagen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
Norwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editsagen m or f
Old High German
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, whence also Old Saxon seggian, Old English secgan, Old Norse segja. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsagēn
- to say
Conjugation
editinfinitive | sagēn | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | sagēm, sagēn | sagēta |
2nd person singular | sagēs, sagēst | sagētōs, sagētōst |
3rd person singular | sagēt | sagēta |
1st person plural | sagēm, sagēmēs | sagētum, sagētumēs |
2nd person plural | sagēt | sagētut |
3rd person plural | sagēnt | sagētun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | sage | sagēti |
2nd person singular | sagēs, sagēst | sagētīs, sagētīst |
3rd person singular | sage | sagēti |
1st person plural | sagēm, sagēmēs | sagētīm, sagētīmēs |
2nd person plural | sagēt | sagētīt |
3rd person plural | sagēn | sagētīn |
imperative | present | |
singular | sage | |
plural | sagēt | |
participle | present | past |
sagēnti | gisagēt |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Danish non-lemma forms
- Danish noun forms
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch non-lemma forms
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- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (say)
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/aːɡn̩
- Rhymes:German/aːɡn̩/2 syllables
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German transitive verbs
- German terms with quotations
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Middle Dutch non-lemma forms
- Middle Dutch verb forms
- Middle High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle High German terms inherited from Old High German
- Middle High German terms derived from Old High German
- Middle High German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle High German lemmas
- Middle High German verbs
- Middle High German weak verbs
- Middle High German class 2 weak verbs
- Middle High German class 1 weak verbs
- Middle High German verbs using hān as auxiliary
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål noun forms
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old High German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German verbs
- Old High German class 3 weak verbs