sagenhaft
German, adjective/ˈzaːɡn̩haft/
sagenhaft is spelled S-A-G-E-N-H-A-F-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sagenhaft is a German adjective meaning “legendary, mythical (of or pertaining to a legend (myth) or saga)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf eine Sage beruhend”.
What does sagenhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
legendary, mythical (of or pertaining to a legend (myth) or saga)
Die sagenhafte Gründung Roms fand 753 vor Christi statt.
- 2
mythical, storied (known chiefly through stories, and hence perhaps of dubious reality)
der sagenhafte Onkel aus Amerika
- 3
colloquialfabulous, terrific, awesome, incredible
- 4
colloquialincredibly large or great
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf eine Sage beruhend 2. auf überlieferte Erzählungen beruhend 3. in einem hohen Maße vorhanden, unvorstellbar groß 4. sehr, überaus
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 sagenhaft
- sagenhafter masculine nominative singular
- am sagenhaftesten superlative
- sagenhafte feminine nominative singular
- sagenhaftes neuter nominative singular
- sagenhaften genitive masculine singular
- sagenhaftem dative masculine singular
- der sagenhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die sagenhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das sagenhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die sagenhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des sagenhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der sagenhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem sagenhaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sagenhaft?
- /ˈzaːɡn̩haft/
- Germany [zaːŋ-]
- /ˈsaːɡ̥ɛnhaft/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sagenhaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sagenhaft in German?
sagenhaft appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).