sagenhaft

== German == === Etymology === 19th c., Sage +‎ -n- +‎ haft. Compare similar Middle High German sagehaft (“which is spoken of, famous”) which was not continued. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzaːɡn̩haft/, [zaːŋ-] (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈsaːɡ̥ɛnhaft/, [saːɡn̩-], [saːŋ-] (Austria) === Adjective === sagenhaft (strong nominative masculine singular sagenhafter, comparative sagenhafter, superlative am sagenhaftesten) legendary, mythical (of or pertaining to a legend (myth) or saga) mythical, storied (known chiefly through stories, and hence perhaps of dubious reality) (colloquial) fabulous, terrific, awesome, incredible (colloquial) incredibly large or great ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (mythical, of or pertaining to myth(s)): legendär, legendenhaft, mythisch, sagenumwoben (terrific, awesome):, fantastisch, großartig, wahnsinnig, irre, toll === Further reading === “sagenhaft”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) “sagenhaft” in Duden online “sagenhaft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “sagenhaft” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.