"Saite" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzaɪ̯tə/ [Germany], /ˈsaɪ̯tɛ/, [saɛ̯-] [Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland] Audio: De-Saite.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -aɪ̯tə Etymology: From Middle High German seite, from Old High German seita (also seito m), from Proto-West Germanic *saidā, *saidō, from Proto-Germanic *saidô (“string, cord”). In the 17th century, the ⟨ei⟩ was changed to the homophonous ⟨ai⟩, in order to distinguish this word from Seite. Derived from Seite originally. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|seite}} Middle High German seite, {{inh|de|goh|seita}} Old High German seita, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*saidā}} Proto-West Germanic *saidā, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*saidô|t=string, cord}} Proto-Germanic *saidô (“string, cord”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Saite f (genitive Saite, plural Saiten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Saite [genitive], Saiten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Saite [nominative, singular], Saiten [definite, nominative, plural], Saite [genitive, singular], Saiten [definite, genitive, plural], Saite [dative, singular], Saiten [dative, definite, plural], Saite [accusative, singular], Saiten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (music) string (of a musical stringed instrument) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Saite-de-noun--kcdOZvX Categories (other): Music, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 10 36 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 5 35 20 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (sports) string (of a racquet) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Saite-de-noun-r7e3BIgU Categories (other): Sports, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 10 36 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 5 35 20 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Saitling, besaiten, viersaitig, fünfsaitig, sechssaitig, siebensaitig, achtsaitig, zwölfsaitig Related terms: Saitenhalter, Saitenwurst
Hyponyms: A-Saite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], C-Saite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], D-Saite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], E-Saite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], G-Saite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Geigensaite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Gitarrensaite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], H-Saite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Harfensaite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Klaviersaite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Lautensaite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Mandoilinensaite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Nylonsaite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Stahlsaite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Violinsaite [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Zithersaite [music, entertainment, lifestyle]

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "besaiten"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "viersaitig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fünfsaitig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sechssaitig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "siebensaitig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "achtsaitig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "zwölfsaitig"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "goh",
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      },
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      },
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German seite, from Old High German seita (also seito m), from Proto-West Germanic *saidā, *saidō, from Proto-Germanic *saidô (“string, cord”). In the 17th century, the ⟨ei⟩ was changed to the homophonous ⟨ai⟩, in order to distinguish this word from Seite. Derived from Seite originally.",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Saiten",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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  ],
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    {
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        "Sai",
        "te"
      ]
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  ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "A-Saite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      ],
      "word": "C-Saite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      ],
      "word": "D-Saite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "E-Saite"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "G-Saite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Geigensaite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Gitarrensaite"
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    {
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      "word": "H-Saite"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Harfensaite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Klaviersaite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Lautensaite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Mandoilinensaite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Nylonsaite"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Stahlsaite"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Violinsaite"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Zithersaite"
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      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Saitenhalter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Saitenwurst"
    }
  ],
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          "name": "Music",
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        },
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        "(music) string (of a musical stringed instrument)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "de:Sports",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 10 36 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "string (of a racquet)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Saite-de-noun-r7e3BIgU",
      "links": [
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          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) string (of a racquet)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzaɪ̯tə/",
      "tags": [
        "Germany"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/De-Saite.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsaɪ̯tɛ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[saɛ̯-]",
      "tags": [
        "Austria",
        "Southern-Germany",
        "Switzerland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ̯tə"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Seite"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Saite"
}
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    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/aɪ̯tə"
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      "word": "Saitling"
    },
    {
      "word": "besaiten"
    },
    {
      "word": "viersaitig"
    },
    {
      "word": "fünfsaitig"
    },
    {
      "word": "sechssaitig"
    },
    {
      "word": "siebensaitig"
    },
    {
      "word": "achtsaitig"
    },
    {
      "word": "zwölfsaitig"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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    {
      "form": "Saite",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Saiten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Saite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Saiten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Saite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Saite",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Saite",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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  ],
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    {
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        "Sai",
        "te"
      ]
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        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "A-Saite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "C-Saite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "D-Saite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "E-Saite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "G-Saite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Geigensaite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Gitarrensaite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "H-Saite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Harfensaite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Klaviersaite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Lautensaite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Mandoilinensaite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Nylonsaite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Stahlsaite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Violinsaite"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Zithersaite"
    }
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      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Saitenhalter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Saitenwurst"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "string (of a musical stringed instrument)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) string (of a musical stringed instrument)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "string (of a racquet)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) string (of a racquet)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzaɪ̯tə/",
      "tags": [
        "Germany"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Saite.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/De-Saite.ogg/De-Saite.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/De-Saite.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsaɪ̯tɛ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[saɛ̯-]",
      "tags": [
        "Austria",
        "Southern-Germany",
        "Switzerland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ̯tə"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Seite"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Saite"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.