Säge

See also: sage, Sage, saĝe, and säge

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sage, from Old High German saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Compare Dutch zaag, West Frisian seage, English saw, Danish sav, Swedish såg.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɛːɡə/, [ˈzeːɡə]
Audio (file)

Noun

Säge f (genitive Säge, plural Sägen)

saw

Declension

Declension of Säge

	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.

Kettensäge
Laubsäge
Nervensäge
Sägeblatt
Sägebock
Sägebrett
Sägefisch
Sägeholz
Sägemaschine
Sägemehl
Sägemesser
Sägemühle
Sägemühle
Säger
Sägespan
Sägewerk
Sägezahnkurve

See also

Fuchsschwanz

Further reading

Säge in Duden online

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