Saal

See also: saal, sål, and sáál

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sal, from Old High German sal, sali, seli, from Proto-Germanic *saliz, *salą. Cognate with Dutch zaal, Swedish sal, Old English sele. Also cognate with French salle.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Saal m (genitive Saales or Saals, plural Säle)

hall or large room.

Declension

Declension of Saal

	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 uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Empfangssaal
Gemeindesaal
Hörsaal
Kirchensaal
Konzertsaal
Lesesaal
Musiksaal
Saalbau
Saalkirche
Schlafsaal
Speisesaal
Tanzsaal
Theatersaal
Turnsaal
Vorlesungssaal

Descendants

Bulgarian: зала (zala)
Estonian: saal
Russian: зал (zal)
- Georgian: ზალა (zala)

See also

Zimmer

Further reading

Saal in Duden online

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