Saksa

== Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsaksa] === Proper noun === Saksa m anim (female equivalent Saksová) a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Saksa”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) Matúšová, Jana (2015), Německá vlastní jména v češtině [German proper nouns in Czech] (in Czech), Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, page 69 == Finnish == === Etymology === Ultimately borrowed from Old Saxon Sahso (“a Saxon, a Low German”) (a tribe/people inhabiting northern Germany, not to be confused with modern Saxony), possibly via Old Swedish saxe, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Sahsō. Cognate with Estonian saks (“a German”), Livonian saksā (“(a) German”). Doublet of saksa, sakset, saksi (“claw”), saksi (“Saxon”), Saksi, sax, and seax. Germans in general were identified with (Old) Saxons because contact with the German-speaking countries happened at first mainly via the Baltic Sea with people speaking Low German. The surname, which is attested since at least 1424, is a demonstration of Hanseatic trade and contacts with (Low) Germans already in the Carolingian era. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ks̠ɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑksɑ Syllabification(key): Sak‧sa Hyphenation(key): Sak‧sa === Proper noun === Saksa Germany (a country in Central Europe) Synonyms: Saksanmaa, (historical) Germania a Finnish surname ==== Usage notes ==== Exceptionally, the country name Saksa (“Germany”) has a plural as from 1949 to 1990 there were two German states: Länsi-Saksa (“West Germany”) and Itä-Saksa (“East Germany”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== saksa ==== Statistics ==== Saksa is the 1552nd (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 550 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === See also === Itä-Saksa Länsi-Saksa === References === === Anagrams === kassa == Inari Sami == === Proper noun === Saksa Germany (a country in Central Europe) == Ingrian == === Etymology === From saksa. Akin to Finnish Saksa. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑks̠] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈʃɑkʃɑ] Rhymes: -ɑks, -ɑksɑ Hyphenation: Sak‧sa === Proper noun === Saksa Germany (a country in Central Europe) ==== Declension ==== === References === L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli (1936), P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46 == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /saksa/, [ˈsaksa] Rhymes: -aksa Hyphenation: Sak‧sa === Proper noun === Saksa m pers (female equivalent Saksová) a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Saksa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026