Sachs

American  

[zahks] / zɑks /

noun

1. Hans 1494–1576, German Meistersinger: author of stories, songs, poems and dramatic works.

2. Nelly (Leonie), 1891–1970, German poet and playwright, in Sweden after 1940: Nobel Prize 1966.

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Sachs British  

/ zaks /

noun

1. Hans (hans). 1494–1576, German master shoemaker and Meistersinger, portrayed by Wagner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

2. Nelly ( Leonie ). 1891–1970, German Jewish poet and dramatist, who escaped from Nazi Germany and settled in Sweden. Her works include Eli: A Mystery Play of the Sufferings of Israel (1951) and `O the Chimneys', a poem about the Nazi extermination camps. Nobel prize for literature 1966 jointly with Shmuel Yosef Agnon

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Example Sentences

Goldman Sachs noted that hedge funds, meanwhile, sold stocks, led by North America and Europe, for the first time in four weeks in the period up to April 30.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Goldman Sachs GS -0.01%decrease; red down pointing triangle is also set to be a founding investor, putting in around $150 million, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Anthropic and Goldman Sachs declined to comment on the financial terms of the venture.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

All of that will help drive annual earnings per share growth of more than 15% on average through 2028, according to Goldman Sachs.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Lippmann didn’t know exactly how Goldman Sachs had persuaded AIG FP to provide the same service to the booming market in subprime mortgage loans that it provided to the market for corporate loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis