Nominal Forms
Infinitive: sagen
Past Participle: gesaget; gesact
Present participle: sagende
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| ich | sage |
| du | sagest |
| ër | saget |
| wir | sagen |
| ir | saget |
| sie | sagent |
Past
| ich | sagete; sacte |
| du | sagetest; sactest |
| ër | sagete; sacte |
| wir | sageten; sacten |
| ir | sagetet; sactet |
| sie | sageten; sacten |
Subjunctive
Present
| ich | sage |
| du | sagest |
| ër | saget |
| wir | sagen |
| ir | saget |
| sie | sagen |
Past
| ich | sagete; sacte |
| du | sagetest; sactest |
| ër | sagete; sacte |
| wir | sageten; sacten |
| ir | sagetet; sactet |
| sie | sageten; sacten |
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German sagēn.
Verbs referencing "sagen"
German, old spelling
sagen, Alemannic German
säge, Luxembourgish
soen, Wymysorys
ziöen, Wymysorys
zuön, Wymysorys
zuø̄n.
Nibelungen Lied References
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(Nibelungenlied 1a:1) uns. ist. in alten mæren. wunders vile geseit. To us in olden story / are wonders many told
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(Nibelungenlied 1a:4) von küener recken strîtenne. müget ir nû wunder hoeren sagen. Of keenest warriors meeting, / shall ye now many a wonder know.
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(Nibelungenlied 7a:1) die drî küninge wâren als ich gesaget hân. In truth were these three rulers, / as I before did say,
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(Nibelungenlied 7a:3) ouch die bezzisten recken. von den man hât gesaget. Eke of knights the boldest / and best that e'er were known,
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(Nibelungenlied 13a:1) den troum si dô sagete. ire muoter. Uoten. The dream then to her mother / Queen Ute she told,
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(Nibelungenlied 14a:1) waz saget ir mir von manne. vile liebiu muoter mîn. "Of spouse, O darling mother, / what dost thou tell to me?
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(Nibelungenlied 21a:3) dâ von man iemer mêre. mac singen unde sagen. How he grew up in honor, / and how fair he was to see:
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(Nibelungenlied 22a:2) man mohte michel wunder. von Sîvriden sagen. Yet how the knightly virtues / to him native were!
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(Nibelungenlied 28a:1) von der hôchgezîte. man mohte wunder sagen. Of this high time of revelry / might I great wonders tell.
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(Nibelungenlied 44a:2) er hôrte sagen mære. wie ein schoeniu meit.