sagen.
to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally)
Meaning & usage
to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally)
Ich habe nicht verstanden, was sie gesagt hat.
etwas sagen
to tell (to inform (someone) verbally)
Sie hat mir gesagt, dass sie später kommt.
to tell (to inform (someone) verbally) to tell (to inform an authority)
Schubs mich nicht oder ich sag's!
to mean, to ring a bell (to convey meaning or be familiar to someone)
Das sagt mir nichts.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagēn, from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-. Cognate with Bavarian sogn, Alemannic German säge, Low German seggen, Dutch zeggen, English say, Danish sige, Swedish säga.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.