Säge

From Middle High German sage, from Old High German saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Compare Dutch zaag, West Frisian seage, English saw, Danish sav, Swedish såg; as well as (from Latin secāre) Italian sega, French scie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛːɡə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈzeːɡə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: Sä‧ge

Säge f (genitive Säge, plural Sägen)

1. saw

• Several of the compounds with Säge- as first element are more probably derived from the verb sägen, but there is no definite way of distinguishing these.

• Fuchsschwanz

• → Kashubian: żoga

• “Säge” in Duden online
• “Säge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from Middle Low German sēge, borrowed from Middle High German zege, from Old High German ziga, from Proto-West Germanic *tigā. Cognates include German Ziege and German Low German Zeeg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛːɣə/
• Hyphenation: Sä‧ge
• Rhymes: -ɛːɣə

Säge f (plural Sägen)

1. goat

• Geet

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Säge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN