sagte

See also: sägte

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German sāfte, sāchte, from Old Saxon *sāfti, from Proto-West Germanic *samftī (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (“one, whole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsæːɡdə], [ˈsæjdə], [ˈsɑwdə]

Adjective

sagte (uninflectable)

1. soft, gentle

   Synonym: stille

Derived terms

• sagtelig

Adverb

sagte

1. softly, gently

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɑɡ̊d̥ə]

Verb

sagte

1. past participle definite singular of sige
2. past participle plural of sige

References

• “sagte” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaːktə/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈzaxtə/ (common, northern and central Germany)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophone: sachte (nonstandard)

Verb

sagte

1. inflection of sagen:
   1. first/third-person singular preterite
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive II

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

sagte

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of sakte