Polyglot Dictionary

Sache

/ˈzaxə/

die noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Sachen

Meaning

  1. thing, matter, affair

    Overlaps with Ding, but Sache leans more toward an abstract matter or affair, while Ding is more often a concrete physical object.

    • Das ist meine Sache.

      That's my business.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Ding

Ding is more often a concrete physical object; Sache leans abstract — a matter, affair, or unspecified item, as in "Sachen packen" (to pack one's things).

Zeug

Sache is more neutral and can be singular or plural ("eine Sache," "meine Sachen"); Zeug is an informal, uncountable catch-all — just "stuff" in general.

Similar in other languages

English

affair

Close — thing, matter relates to an affair.

Practice

1 What does Sache mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ist meine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Sache?

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