Saxon
A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast…A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.
» The Anglo-Saxons displaced the Celts.
Die Angelsachsen verdrängten die Kelten. — FarnworthPatrick
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5 sensesA member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.
Sachse
саксsaks
саксsaks
A native or inhabitant of Saxony, Germany.
Sachse, Sächsin
саксо́нецsaksónec, саксо́нкаsaksónka
саксо́нецьsaksónecʹ, саксо́нкаsaksónka
(Ireland, Wales, poetic)An English/British person.
(US, dated, rare, uncountable)A size of type between German and Norse, 2-point type.
Non Plus Ultra, Viertelpetit
A kind of rapidly spinning ground-based firework.
- a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
Examples
26 sentencesThe Anglo-Saxons displaced the Celts.
deDie Angelsachsen verdrängten die Kelten. — FarnworthPatrick
The Anglo-Saxons overran the Celts.
deDie Angelsachsen verdrängten die Kelten. — FarnworthPatrick
The ancient Goths and Saxons called this festival Yule.
deDie alten Goten und Sachsen nannten dieses Fest das Julfest. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The Saxons from the middle ages had no king.
deDie Sachsen aus dem Mittelalter hatten keinen König. — Tom9358
In the 6th century, the Anglo-Saxons adopted Roman characters.
ruВ шестом веке англосаксы начали применять латинский алфавит. — soweli_Elepanto
deIm sechsten Jahrhundert übernahmen die Angelsachsen die lateinische Schrift. — landano
Translations
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Origin
Partially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural SeaxaPartially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan), and Saxoun, from Old French *Saxoun, Saxon (“Saxon”), from Late Latin Saxōnem, accusative of Saxō (“a Saxon”), both from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“rock, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of Sais.
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Forms
plural: Saxons| Singular | Saxon |
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uncountable
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.