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sak.

a thing (concrete or abstract – also of events, like in English)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɑːk/

  1. a thing (concrete or abstract – also of events, like in English)

    common-gender
    En gaffel är en sak som man äter med
    Det ligger en massa saker på bänken

  2. a thing, a matter, a business (at hand (to be dealt with))

    common-gender
    Kom in! Vad gäller saken?
    Låt oss ta en sak i taget

  3. a legal dispute, a matter

    common-gender
    ta saken till domstol
    ta saken i egna händer

  4. thing (salient fact)

    common-gender
    Saken är den att vi inte vet var han är

  5. cause (interest (striven towards))

    common-gender
    kämpa för sin sak
    göra gemensam sak
Where this word comes from

Derived from Old Norse sǫk, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål sak, Norwegian Nynorsk sak, Danish sag, Icelandic sök, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Low German Saak, Sook, German Sache. An unrelated word that also underwent the transformation in meaning from "legal matter" to "thing, item" is Latin causa.

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