Saksa
See also: saksa
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsaksa]
Proper noun
Saksa m anim (female equivalent Saksová)
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Saksa (masculine animate in -a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Saksa | Saksové |
| genitive | Saksy | Saksů |
| dative | Saksovi | Saksům |
| accusative | Saksu | Saksy |
| vocative | Sakso | Saksové |
| locative | Saksovi | Saksech |
| instrumental | Saksou | Saksy |
Further reading
- “Saksa”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
- Matúšová, Jana (2015), Německá vlastní jména v češtině [German proper nouns in Czech] (in Czech), Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, page 69
Finnish
Etymology
Ultimately borrowed from Old Saxon Sahso (“a Saxon, a Low German”) (a tribe/people inhabiting northern Germany, not to be confused with modern Saxony), possibly via Old Swedish saxe,[1][2] ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Sahsō. Cognate with Estonian saks (“a German”), Livonian saksā (“(a) German”). Doublet of saksa, sakset, saksi (“claw”), saksi (“Saxon”), Saksi, sax, and seax.
Germans in general were identified with (Old) Saxons because contact with the German-speaking countries happened at first mainly via the Baltic Sea with people speaking Low German.
The surname, which is attested since at least 1424, is a demonstration of Hanseatic trade and contacts with (Low) Germans already in the Carolingian era.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ks̠ɑ̝]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑksɑ
- Syllabification(key): Sak‧sa
- Hyphenation(key): Sak‧sa
Proper noun
Saksa
- Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
- a Finnish surname
Usage notes
- Exceptionally, the country name Saksa (“Germany”) has a plural as from 1949 to 1990 there were two German states: Länsi-Saksa (“West Germany”) and Itä-Saksa (“East Germany”).
Declension
| Inflection of Saksa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Saksa | Saksat | |
| genitive | Saksan | Saksojen | |
| partitive | Saksaa | Saksoja | |
| illative | Saksaan | Saksoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Saksa | Saksat | |
| accusative | nom. | Saksa | Saksat |
| gen. | Saksan | ||
| genitive | Saksan | Saksojen Saksain rare | |
| partitive | Saksaa | Saksoja | |
| inessive | Saksassa | Saksoissa | |
| elative | Saksasta | Saksoista | |
| illative | Saksaan | Saksoihin | |
| adessive | Saksalla | Saksoilla | |
| ablative | Saksalta | Saksoilta | |
| allative | Saksalle | Saksoille | |
| essive | Saksana | Saksoina | |
| translative | Saksaksi | Saksoiksi | |
| abessive | Saksatta | Saksoitta | |
| instructive | — | Saksoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Related terms
Statistics
- Saksa is the 1552nd (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 550 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
See also
- Alankomaat
- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Azerbaidžan
- Belgia
- Bosnia ja Hertsegovina
- Bulgaria
- Espanja
- Georgia
- Irlanti
- Islanti
- Iso-Britannia
- Italia
- Itävalta
- Kazakstan
- Kosovo
- Kreikka
- Kroatia
- Kypros
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Liettua
- Luxemburg
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Norja
- Pohjois-Makedonia
- Portugali
- Puola
- Ranska
- Romania
- Ruotsi
- Saksa
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Suomi
- Sveitsi
- Tanska
- Tšekki
- Turkki
- Ukraina
- Unkari
- Valko-Venäjä
- Vatikaani
- Venäjä
- Viro
References
- ^ Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
- ^ Mikkonen, Pirjo; Paikkala, Sirkka (2000), Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN
Anagrams
Inari Sami
Proper noun
Saksa
- Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
Ingrian
Etymology
From saksa. Akin to Finnish Saksa.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑks̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈʃɑkʃɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑks, -ɑksɑ
- Hyphenation: Sak‧sa
Proper noun
Saksa
- Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
Declension
| Declension of Saksa (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Saksa | — |
| genitive | Saksan | — |
| partitive | Saksaa | — |
| illative | Saksaa | — |
| inessive | Saksaas | — |
| elative | Saksast | — |
| allative | Saksalle | — |
| adessive | Saksaal | — |
| ablative | Saksalt | — |
| translative | Saksaks | — |
| essive | Saksanna, Saksaan | — |
| exessive1) | Saksant | — |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli (1936), P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saksa/, [ˈsaksa]
- Rhymes: -aksa
- Hyphenation: Sak‧sa
Proper noun
Saksa m pers (female equivalent Saksová)
- a male surname
Declension
| singular | plural 1 | plural 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Saksa | Saksovia | Saksovci |
| genitive | Saksu | Saksov | Saksovcov |
| dative | Saksovi | Saksom | Saksovcom |
| accusative | Saksu | Saksov | Saksovcov |
| locative | Saksovi | Saksoch | Saksovcoch |
| instrumental | Saksom | Saksami | Saksovcami |
Further reading
- “Saksa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026