Waage

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Waage

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from German, Icelandic or Norwegian Waage.

Proper noun edit

Waage (plural Waages)

A surname.

Statistics edit

According to the 2010 United States Census, Waage is the 31001^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 749 individuals. Waage is most common among White (96.26%) individuals.

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Wage (archaic since 1927; nonstandard since 1996)

Etymology edit

From Middle High German wāge, from Old High German wāga, from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu (“scales”). Cognate with Dutch waag, English wey.

The spelling Waage was used alongside Wage since at least the 17th century. As the etymological school of the 19th century favoured single vowels, some doubled spellings like baar, Schooß, Waage were abolished during the reforms of the early 20th century. However, the spelling Waage was standardised again by two decrees from the governments of Austria (March 1927) and Germany (July 1927) in order to avoid the ambiguity between plural Waagen and Wagen (“car[s], carriage[s]”), as for example in Waagenbau (“construction of scales”) versus Wagenbau (“construction of cars”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈvaːɡə/
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Homophones: vage, wage

Noun edit

Waage f (genitive Waage, plural Waagen)

scales (weighing machine)
(astronomy, astrology) Libra

Declension edit

Declension of Waage [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Waage	die	Waagen
genitive	einer	der	Waage	der	Waagen
dative	einer	der	Waage	den	Waagen
accusative	eine	die	Waage	die	Waagen

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Proper noun edit

Waage m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Waages or (with an article) Waage, feminine genitive Waage, plural Waages or Waage)