Sog
German, noun
Sog is spelled S-O-G (3 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,959th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sog is a German masculine noun meaning “suction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, sog. is a different word: “abbreviation of sogenannt (“so-called”)”. In lower case, sog is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of saugen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “saugende oder ziehende Strömung”.
What does Sog mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuction
- 2
masculinewake
adjective
- 1
abbreviation of sogenannt (“so-called”)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of saugen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Gesetz über die öffentliche Sicherheit und Ordnung (Sicherheits- und Ordnungsgesetz) 2. auslaufendes nationales deutsches Kfz-Kennzeichen für den Landkreis Schongau (neu: WM)
abbreviation: 1. sogenannt
noun: 1. saugende oder ziehende Strömung
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 Sog
- Soges genitive
- Sogs genitive
- Soge plural
- Sogen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Sog
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sog in German?
Sog appears 20 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).