Sachs

See also: sächs

English

Etymology

From the German surname, from Sachse (“Saxon”).

Proper noun

Sachs

  1. A surname from German [in turn originating as an ethnonym].
    • 2021 July 23, Paul R. La Monica, “American Express is the Dow’s top stock for 2021. Here’s why”, in CNN Business‎[1]:
      The stock is up more-than 45% this year, putting AmEx slightly ahead of Goldman Sachs (GS). Like Goldman and other top financial stocks, Amex has thrived during the past few months as the economy has roared back to life following the brief Covid recession last year and consumers started spending again.

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sachs m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Sachs' or (with an article) Sachs, feminine genitive Sachs, plural Sachs or Sachsens)

  1. a surname

Noun

Sachs m (strong, genitive Sachses, plural Sachse)

  1. (historical) seax; a short Saxon sword

Declension

Declension of Sachs [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Sachs die Sachse
genitive eines des Sachses der Sachse
dative einem dem Sachs, Sachse1 den Sachsen
accusative einen den Sachs die Sachse

1Now rare, see notes.

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