Sage
German, noun
Sage is spelled S-A-G-E (4 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written German, the 1,424th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sage is a German feminine noun meaning “saga, legend, myth, story, tale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Säge is a different word: “saw”. In lower case, sage is a different word: “first-person singular present”. On this page, säge is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “alte Erzählung unwahrer Ereignisse, welche oft historische Sachverhalte erklären soll oder auf solchen aufbaut”.
What does Sage mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesaga, legend, myth, story, tale
noun
- 1
femininesaw
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Werkzeug zum Zerteilen von festem Material, insbesondere von Holz
noun: 1. alte Erzählung unwahrer Ereignisse, welche oft historische Sachverhalte erklären soll oder auf solchen aufbaut
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 Sage
- Sagen plural
- Sägen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Sage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sage in German?
Sage appears 60 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).