Meaning of sak | Babel Free
/sɑːk/Definitioner
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a thing (concrete or abstract – also of events, like in English) common-gender
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abbreviation of Sakarja (biblical book): Zech. abbreviation, alt-of
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a thing, a matter, a business (at hand (to be dealt with)) common-gender
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a legal dispute, a matter common-gender
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thing (salient fact) common-gender
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cause (interest (striven towards)) common-gender
Exempel
“En gaffel är en sak som man äter med”
A fork is a thing that you eat with
“Det ligger en massa saker på bänken”
There's a bunch of things lying on the bench
“Nisse berättade en sak för mig igår”
Nisse told me something yesterday [told a thing to [for] me yesterday]
“Märkliga saker sker på slottet”
Strange things are happening at the castle
“Det kunde gått bättre, den saken är säker”
It could have gone better, that's for sure ["that thing is sure" – idiomatic]
“göra något för sakens skull”
do something for its own sake ["do something for the thing's sake" – idiomatic]
“Kom in! Vad gäller saken?”
Come in! What brings you here? [What is the thing about?]
“Låt oss ta en sak i taget”
Let's take one thing at a time
“Låt oss hålla oss till saken”
Let's stick to the point [Let us keep ourselves to the thing [at hand]]
“ta saken till domstol”
bring the matter to court
“ta saken i egna händer”
take matters into one's own hands [take the matter in own hands]
“saken är utagerad”
the matter has been settled [is out-acted]
“Saken är den att vi inte vet var han är”
[The] thing is [the thing is that [thing] that], we don't know where he is
“kämpa för sin sak”
fight for one's cause
“göra gemensam sak”
make common cause
“offra sig för saken”
sacrifice oneself for the cause
“Finlands sak är vår”
The Finnish cause is ours [book title]
CEFR-nivå
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.