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.
- IPA(key): /ˈzɛːɡə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈzeːɡə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: Sä‧ge
Säge f (genitive Säge, plural Sägen)
- 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.
Säge f (plural Sägen)