sagen

== Danish == === Noun === sagen c definite singular of sag == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === sagen plural of sage === Anagrams === agens, genas == German == === Etymology === From 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 === IPA(key): /zaːɡən/, /zaːɡŋ̩/ (Germany) IPA(key): /saːɡɛn/, /saːɡŋ̩/, [-ɡ̥ɛn], [-ɡ̥ŋ̩] (Austria) IPA(key): [sɑːʔŋ̩] (colloquial; southern Germany) Rhymes: -aːɡn̩ Hyphenation: sa‧gen === Verb === sagen (weak, third-person singular present sagt, past tense sagte, past participle gesagt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally) etwas sagen ― to say something, to speak up (ditransitive) to tell (to inform (someone) verbally) Sie hat mir gesagt, dass sie später kommt. ― She told me that she would be late. (childish) to tell (to inform an authority) Schubs mich nicht oder ich sag's! ― Stop shoving me, or I'm telling! (ditransitive) to mean, to ring a bell (to convey meaning or be familiar to someone) Das sagt mir nichts. ― That doesn't ring a bell for me. ==== Usage notes ==== In 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 ==== 1st ps. sg. indicative present active also: sag', sag ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “sagen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “sagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “sagen” in Duden online “sagen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Japanese == === Romanization === sagen Rōmaji transcription of さげん == Middle Dutch == === Verb === sâgen first/third-person plural past indicative/subjunctive of sien == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German sagēn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠aɡən/ === Verb === sagen (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 ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: sagen === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “sagen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === saga === Noun === sagen m or f definite masculine singular of sag == Old High German == === Etymology === From 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 === IPA(key): [ˈs̠aɡeːn] === Verb === sagēn to say ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: sagen Alemannic German: säge Alsatian: soeje (near Fränkisch areas, in Northern Alsace), sawe (Central), sàge (South) Swabian: Sathmar Swabian: sage Walser: sägä, séege, ŝchegi, ŝchége Bavarian: sogn, sågn, song (phonetic spelling), soon (Timau), sång Central Franconian: sage German: sagen Luxembourgish: soen Vilamovian: ziöen, zuön, zuø̄n Yiddish: זאָגן (zogn)