Sache
German, noun/ˈzaxə/
Sache is spelled S-A-C-H-E (5 letters) and appears 174 times per million words in written German, the 492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sache is a German feminine noun meaning “matter, affair, case, question, issue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einzelner Gegenstand oder eine Gruppe von Dingen, die einer Person oder Angelegenheit zugehörig sind”.
What does Sache mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininematter, affair, case, question, issue
beschlossene Sache
- 2
femininething, object
Da ist noch eine Sache.
- 3
femininething, piece of property
bewegliche Sache
- 4
femininecause, action
- 5
femininesubject, matter, business
Das ist Privatsache.
- 6
colloquialfemininekilometres per hour
Er raste mit hundert Sachen um die Ecke.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einzelner Gegenstand oder eine Gruppe von Dingen, die einer Person oder Angelegenheit zugehörig sind 2. Angelegenheit, die anliegt oder vorgefallen ist, aber nicht näher bezeichnet wird 3. Diskussionsthema 4. anliegender, zu behandelnder Fall
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Sache
- Sachen plural
- Sächlein diminutive neuter
- Sächelchen diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sache?
- /ˈzaxə/
- [ˈzäχə]
- /ˈsaχɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sache in German?
Sache appears 174 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).