This is the 210th most frequent Swedish word.
sade
"Sade" means "said" in English.
In this sentence, 'sade' is used as the past tense of 'säga', meaning 'to say', and indicates a reported speech.
Han sade att han skulle komma senare.
He said that he would come later.
Here, 'sade' is again the past tense of 'säga', but it is used to describe a situation where someone did not say anything.
När jag frågade vad som hände, sade han inget.
When I asked what happened, he said nothing.
In this sentence, 'sade' shows the act of saying something and focuses on the manner in which the words were expressed.