German

Noun

Saal m ‎(genitive Saales or Saals, plural Säle)

1. hall or large room.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Bulgarian: зала ‎(zala)
• Estonian: saal
• Russian: зал ‎(zal)
  • Georgian: ზალა ‎(zala)

See also

• Zimmer

Afrikaans

Noun

saal ‎(plural sale)

1. hall, large room

   Die museum beskik oor drie sale.

   The museum disposes of three halls.

Etymology 2

From dialectal Dutch zaal, from zadel with loss of intervocalic -d-.

Noun

saal ‎(plural saals)

1. saddle

   Baie ou volke het geen saals gebruik nie.

   Many ancient peoples did not use saddles.

Estonian

Pronunciation

aa is superlong (second quantity). Orthoepy requires a palatalized l, though usually it is not palatalized.

Etymology

From either German Saal or Middle Low German sāl.

Noun

saal ‎(genitive saali, partitive saali)

1. hall, large room

   Saal on täna kinni. The hall is closed today.

Declension

Related terms

• aktusesaal
• ballisaal
• kinosaal
• peosaal
• saalituba
• saalitäis
• spordisaal
• söögisaal
• teatrisaal