Sachsen

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sachsen and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō.

Proper noun

Sachsen

  1. Saxony (a state of modern Germany, located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands)
  2. Saxony (a historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany)

German

Etymology

See Sachse (“Saxon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzaksən]
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Sachsen n (proper noun, genitive Sachsens or (optionally with an article) Sachsen)

  1. Saxony (a state of modern Germany, located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands)
  2. Saxony (a historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany)

Meronyms

Derived terms

See also

Divisions of the Federal Republic of Germany in German (layout · text)
Flächenländer: Baden-Württemberg · Bayern · Brandenburg · Hessen · Niedersachsen · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Nordrhein-Westfalen · Rheinland-Pfalz · Saarland · Sachsen · Sachsen-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thüringen
Stadtstaaten: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg

Noun

Sachsen

  1. inflection of Sachse:
    1. genitive/dative/accusative singular
    2. all-case plural

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sachsen and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sachsen n (genitive Sachsens)

  1. Saxony (a state of modern Germany, located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands)
  2. Saxony (a historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany)
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