Sajevec (pronounced [ˈsaːjɛʋəts]; German: Sajowitz[2]) is a village west of the town of Ribnica in southern Slovenia.

[3] Sajevec was attested in written sources in German in 1332 as Růzpach, referring to the creek there (and as Růspach in 1350 and Ruͤzzpach in 1368).

The medieval names are a compound of the Middle High German element ruoʒ 'soot(y), black' + bach 'creek', probably referring to the dark soil that the creek runs through or its turbid water (cf.

[4] In modern German, the village was known as Sajowitz,[2] a name borrowed from Slovene.

The local church, built on a small hill southwest of the settlement, is dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier and belongs to the Parish of Ribnica.