sagen
to say
- Past (Präteritum)
- sagte
- Past participle
- gesagt (haben)
*sagen + Dat + Akk*. Reported speech uses Konjunktiv I (*Er sagt, er sei krank*). *Sag mal!*, *Das sagt mir nichts* (= That means nothing to me).
Conjugation
Present
- sage
- first-person, form-of, present, singular
- sag
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
- sagt
- present, singular, third-person
- sagen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- sagst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- sagte
- first-person, form-of, preterite, singular, third-person
- sagten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- sagtest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- sagtet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- sage
- first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person
- sagte
- first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-ii, third-person
- sagen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- sagest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- saget
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- sagten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sagtest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sagtet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gesagt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gesagt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gesagt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gesagt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gesagt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gesagt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gesagt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gesagt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde sagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden sagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest sagen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet sagen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde sagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden sagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest sagen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet sagen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gesagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gesagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gesagt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gesagt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gesagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gesagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- sage
- form-of, imperative, singular
- sag
- form-of, imperative, singular
- sagt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gesagt
- participle, past
- sagend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- sagen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gesagt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gesagt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gesagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gesagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gesagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gesagt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gesagt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gesagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gesagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- sagen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde sagen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden sagen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst sagen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet sagen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird sagen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gesagt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gesagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gesagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gesagt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gesagt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gesagt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Sagen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong
Prefixed forms (7)
- ansagen (separable)
to announce
Der Zug wird angesagt. — The train is announced.
- absagen (separable)
to cancel
Sie hat den Termin abgesagt. — She cancelled the appointment.
- zusagen (separable)
to accept / promise
Er hat mir seine Hilfe zugesagt. — He promised me his help.
- aussagen (separable)
to testify / state
Der Zeuge sagte vor Gericht aus. — The witness testified in court.
- versagen (inseparable)
to fail / deny
Die Stimme versagte ihm. — His voice failed him.
- entsagen (inseparable)
to renounce (formal)
Er entsagte dem Thron. — He renounced the throne.
- wahrsagen (separable)
to tell fortunes
Sie lässt sich wahrsagen. — She has her fortune told.