sägen

From Middle High German segen, sagen, from Old High German segōn, sagōn. Equivalent to Säge +‎ -en. The two vocalic forms are considered ablaut variants, not umlaut variants; the spelling with -ä- is a compromise form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛːɡən/, [ˈzɛː.ɡŋ̍], [ˈzeː-], [-ɡən]

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• Hyphenation: sä‧gen
• Homophones: Sägen (general), Segen (many speakers, especially northern and eastern regions)

sägen (weak, third-person singular present sägt, past tense sägte, past participle gesägt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to saw

• Säge

• “sägen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “sägen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “sägen” in Duden online
• “sägen” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Old Swedish sæghn, saghn, from Old Norse sǫgn, from Proto-Germanic *sagnō, cognate with Danish sagn, Old English sæġen (“saying, statement”). Derived from *sagjaną (“to say”).

sägen c

1. a folk legend (usually containing supernatural elements and claiming to be true)

   Det finns en sägen om den gamla eken

   There is a legend about the old oak tree

2. (archaic, rare) a tale (account or story, more generally)

   Fänrik Ståls sägner

   The Tales of Ensign Stål (an epic poem)

• hörsägen
• sägenomspunnen
• vandringssägen

sägen

1. (archaic or dialectal) second-person plural imperative of säga

• sägen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sägen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sägen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)