See also: lage, lagë, läge, and låge

Danish edit

Etymology edit

Variant of Lauge.

Proper noun edit

Lage

  1. a male given name

German edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German lāge (state of lying, reclining; esp. in ambush; situation; storehouse), from Old High German lāga (state of lying; ambush). [1][2][3] By surface analysis, deverbal from liegen. Related to Lager (storeroom; camp), Liege f (daybed). Compare English lea (meadow, open field), English lie as in the lie of the land and ley, used in ley line.

Noun edit

Lage f (genitive Lage, plural Lagen)

  1. location, position
  2. situation, condition
  3. thickness (layer)
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Etymology 2 edit

Referring to its lower and possibly slope position in comparison to nearby hills.

Proper noun edit

Lage n (proper noun, genitive Lages or (optionally with an article) Lage)

  1. A city in Lippe district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  2. A municipality of County of Bentheim district, Lower Saxony, Germany

References edit

  1. ^ Lage” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
  2. ^ Lage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  3. ^ Lager” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Danish Lage.

Proper noun edit

Lage c (genitive Lages)

  1. a male given name

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