# sedge

> English word · Noun · IPA /sɛd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #60,451

## Definitions
1. Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
2. Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
3. Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *sagjaz
Proto-West Germanic *sagi
Old English seċġ
Middle English segge
English sedge
From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sak- (“marsh plant”).
Cognate with Dutch zegge and German Segge, dialectal German Saher (“reeds”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sedge