Sägemehl

German

Etymology

From sägen (“to saw”) +‎ Mehl (“flour”). The loss of the final -n is regular in compounds from verb stems. Alternatively analysable as Säge (“a saw”) +‎ Mehl.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛːɡəˌmeːl/
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Noun

Sägemehl n (genitive Sägemehls or Sägemehles, plural Sägemehle)

  1. sawdust
Declension
Declension of Sägemehl
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Sägemehl die Sägemehle
genitive eines des Sägemehles,
Sägemehls		 der Sägemehle
dative einem dem Sägemehl,
Sägemehle1		 den Sägemehlen
accusative ein das Sägemehl die Sägemehle
1Now uncommon, see notes

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