Tage
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Danish Taki "a guarantor", used as a given name since the 17th century.
Proper noun edit
Tage
- a male given name
French edit
Proper noun edit
Tage m
- Tagus (river in Spain and Portugal)
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Tage m pl
- inflection of Tag:
Derived terms edit
- die Tage (adverbial)
Noun edit
Tage m pl (plural only)
- (informal) period, that time of the month (female menstruation)
- Synonyms: Periode, Regel, Monatsblutung
- Sie hat ihre Tage. ― She's having her period.
Usage notes edit
- Originally a euphemism, but no longer felt as such. It is always used with either a definite article (die Tage) or possessive pronoun (meine Tage etc.). It occurs most often with the verb haben.
Declension edit
Declension of Tage [pl-only, masculine]
Further reading edit
- “Tage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Tage c (genitive Tages)
- a male given name of Danish origin