sagen

A1 Verb frequency rank #132

What sagen means

Verb

to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally)
to tell (to inform (someone) verbally)
to tell (to inform an authority)
to mean, to ring a bell (to convey meaning or be familiar to someone)

Forms

sagen · sagt · sagte · hat gesagt (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

sagen in a sentence

Warum tun Sie nie, was ich Ihnen sage?

Why don't you ever do what I tell you to do?

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sagen is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #132 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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