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saga.

a fairy tale

4 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a fairy tale

    common-gender
    Jag brukar natta barnen genom att läsa sagor för dem.
    Hans och Greta är en tysk saga.

  2. a story, a tale (more generally)

    common-gender · figuratively
    Den tragiska sagan om kändisen.

  3. a saga

    common-gender
    Völsungasagan
    Sagan om ringen
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish sagha, from Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ. First attested in the mid-14th century Cognate with Danish saghæ, Jutish save (“a narrative, a narration, a tale, a report”), Norwegian Nynorsk soge, Faroese søga, Icelandic saga, German Sage, English saw. Perhaps related to Lithuanian pasaka.

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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.