Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en saga

saga, tale, myth, (fairy-)story

Meaning

saga; tale; myth; (fairy-)story

In Swedish: påhittad berättelse (för barn)

Forms

Forms of saga
Singular, indefiniteen saga
Singular, definitesagan
Plural, indefinitesagor
Plural, definitesagorna

saga is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor saga, den stora sagan. Check another noun

Practise saga

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Is it en saga or ett saga?

saga in a sentence

  • Berätta sagan om Rödluvan!
    Tell me the story of Little Red Riding Hood!
  • Jag brukar natta barnen genom att läsa sagor för dem.
    I usually put my kids to bed by reading them fairy tales.
  • Hans och Greta är en tysk saga.
    Hansel and Gretel is a German fairy tale.
  • Hon levde sig in i sagans värld.
    She immersed herself in the land of fairy tales.
  • Den tragiska sagan om kändisen.
    The tragic story of the celebrity.
  • Völsungasagan
    The Saga of the Völsungs
  • Sagan om ringen
    The Lord of the Rings

Words built with saga

  • folksaga folktale
  • sagobok story-book

Questions

What does saga mean in English?

saga means “saga, tale”.

Is it en saga or ett saga?

It is en saga, and “the saga” is sagan.

What is the plural of saga?

The plural of saga is sagor, and the definite plural is sagorna.

Similar words

berättelsehistoria

Origin

From Old Swedish sagha, from Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

Nearby common words

saga is number 2,191 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary