Words Built on the Matter

Kommen Sie bitte zur Sache! — Please come to the point, literally to the matter.

Das tut nichts zur Sache. — That is beside the point. Duden’s example: von wem ich es weiß, tut nichts zur Sache, who told me is beside the point.

bei der Sache sein — to be fully concentrated on the task.

Sachdienliche Hinweise nimmt jede Polizeidienststelle entgegen. — Any police station will accept information relevant to the case. Duden gives it as its example for sachdienlich.

der Sachbearbeiter — the official who handles a case.

die Sachpolitik — policy on the substance.

Zur Sache, Schätzchen — To the point, darling. The title of May Spils’s film of 1968.

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