"Sager" meaning in German

See Sager in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈzaːɡɐ/ [Germany], /ˈsaːɡɐ/ [Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland] Audio: De-Sager.ogg [Germany], De-Sager2.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: sagen (“to say”) + -er Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|sagen<t:to say>|-er}}, {{suffix|de|sagen|-er|t1=to say}} sagen (“to say”) + -er Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Sager m (strong, genitive Sagers, plural Sager) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Sagers [genitive], Sager [plural], strong [table-tags], Sager [nominative, singular], Sager [definite, nominative, plural], Sagers [genitive, singular], Sager [definite, genitive, plural], Sager [dative, singular], Sagern [dative, definite, plural], Sager [accusative, singular], Sager [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (in compounds or as an ad-hoc formation) sayer, one who says Tags: in-compounds, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Sager-de-noun-SWlPBVTx Categories (other): Pages with etymon, German entries referencing ambiguous etymons, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymon Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 36 46 18 Disambiguation of German entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 51 49 Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 51 49 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 46 54
  2. (Austria, somewhat informal) remark, comment, statement Tags: Austria, informal, masculine, strong Synonyms: Spruch, Bemerkung, Kommentar, Aussage, Äußerung
    Sense id: en-Sager-de-noun-0kbwVIr8 Categories (other): Austrian German, German entries referencing ambiguous etymons, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of German entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 51 49 Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 51 49 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 46 54 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Ansager, Jasager, Neinsager, Wahrsager

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "sagen (“to say”) + -er",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "Sagers",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Sager",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sager",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Sager",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sagers",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Sager",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sager",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sagern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sager",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sager",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
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      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "word": "Ansager"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "word": "Jasager"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "word": "Neinsager"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "word": "Wahrsager"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
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            [
              63,
              68
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          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              62,
              67
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Someone says a word and the others must draw it, and then the sayer chooses the best drawing.",
          "text": "Einer sagt ein Wort und die andern müssen es zeichnen, und der Sager wählt dann die beste Zeichnung aus.",
          "translation": "Someone says a word and the others must draw it, and then the sayer chooses the best drawing.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sayer, one who says"
      ],
      "id": "en-Sager-de-noun-SWlPBVTx",
      "links": [
        [
          "sayer",
          "sayer"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in compounds or as an ad-hoc formation) sayer, one who says"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as an ad-hoc formation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
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          "name": "German entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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            [
              34,
              39
            ]
          ],
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            [
              37,
              43
            ]
          ],
          "english": "German TV presenter fired after Nazi remark",
          "ref": "2008 January 31, Anonym, “Deutsche TV-Moderatorin nach Nazi-Sager entlassen”, in Vorarlberg Online, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2008:",
          "text": "Deutsche TV-Moderatorin nach Nazi-Sager entlassen (article headline)",
          "translation": "German TV presenter fired after Nazi remark",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "remark, comment, statement"
      ],
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          "comment",
          "comment"
        ],
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          "statement",
          "statement"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Austria, somewhat informal) remark, comment, statement"
      ],
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          "word": "Spruch"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bemerkung"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kommentar"
        },
        {
          "word": "Aussage"
        },
        {
          "word": "Äußerung"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Austria",
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzaːɡɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Germany"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Sager.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/De-Sager.ogg/De-Sager.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/De-Sager.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Sager2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/De-Sager2.ogg/De-Sager2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/De-Sager2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsaːɡɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Austria",
        "Southern-Germany",
        "Switzerland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sager"
}
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    "German entries referencing missing etymons",
    "German entries with etymon",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms suffixed with -er",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon"
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  "etymology_text": "sagen (“to say”) + -er",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "Sager",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sager",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Sager",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sager",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sagern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sager",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sager",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Sager m (strong, genitive Sagers, plural Sager)",
      "name": "de-noun"
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  ],
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Ansager"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jasager"
    },
    {
      "word": "Neinsager"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wahrsager"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        {
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              63,
              68
            ]
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            [
              62,
              67
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Someone says a word and the others must draw it, and then the sayer chooses the best drawing.",
          "text": "Einer sagt ein Wort und die andern müssen es zeichnen, und der Sager wählt dann die beste Zeichnung aus.",
          "translation": "Someone says a word and the others must draw it, and then the sayer chooses the best drawing.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sayer, one who says"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sayer",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in compounds or as an ad-hoc formation) sayer, one who says"
      ],
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        "as an ad-hoc formation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
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        "German informal terms",
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
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              34,
              39
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          ],
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            [
              37,
              43
            ]
          ],
          "english": "German TV presenter fired after Nazi remark",
          "ref": "2008 January 31, Anonym, “Deutsche TV-Moderatorin nach Nazi-Sager entlassen”, in Vorarlberg Online, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2008:",
          "text": "Deutsche TV-Moderatorin nach Nazi-Sager entlassen (article headline)",
          "translation": "German TV presenter fired after Nazi remark",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "remark, comment, statement"
      ],
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        "(Austria, somewhat informal) remark, comment, statement"
      ],
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          "word": "Spruch"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bemerkung"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kommentar"
        },
        {
          "word": "Aussage"
        },
        {
          "word": "Äußerung"
        }
      ],
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        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈzaːɡɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Germany"
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      "tags": [
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/De-Sager2.ogg",
      "tags": [
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        "Berlin"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsaːɡɐ/",
      "tags": [
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        "Southern-Germany",
        "Switzerland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sager"
}

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