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

“The recent decline in sentiment is more driven by weaker economic fundamentals,” says Joseph Briggs, co-head of the global economics research team at Goldman Sachs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

However, such is the heightened appetite for risk that Goldman Sachs thinks it is that derivatives arena that should be used to protect portfolios from likely volatility in coming months.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Goldman Sachs in March raised its index target to 9,000.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Goldman Sachs, in fact, noted Tuesday that the two-month correlation between U.S. stocks and 10-year Treasury yields was now the most negative since the late 1990s.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

By August 2009 the president of Goldman Sachs, Gary Cohn, even claimed, publicly, that Goldman Sachs had never actually needed government help, as Goldman had been strong enough to withstand any temporary panic.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis