Haag

See also: haag and håg

English

Etymology

• As a German and Dutch surname, from the noun Hecke (“hedge”).
• Also as a Dutch surname, shortened from Van den Haag, a name derived from the Hague.
• As a south German and Alemannic German surname (and Swedish adoption of it), from the personal name Hago, from a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *haggju (“hedge”) and thus related to the first sense.

Proper noun

Haag (plural Haags)

1. A surname.

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Hag (Uri)

Etymology

From Middle High German hac, from Old High German hag (“fence; wall, dam”), from Proto-West Germanic *hagō.

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /hɑːɡ/

Noun

Haag m (plural Hääg)

1. fence

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦaak]

Proper noun

Haag m inan (relational adjective haagský)

1. The Hague (a city, the administrative capital of the Netherlands)

Declension

Declension of Haag (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Haag
genitive	Haagu
dative	Haagu
accusative	Haag
vocative	Haagu
locative	Haagu
instrumental	Haagem

Further reading

• “Haag”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Proper noun

Haag

1. The Hague (a city, the administrative capital of the Netherlands)

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as hage in 1292, attested with certainty as Haag in 1899. Derived from haag (“fence, enclosed area”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦaːx/

• haag:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Haag
• Rhymes: -aːx
• Homophone: haag

Proper noun

Haag n

1. A hamlet in Venray, Limburg, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

From Dutch Den Haag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːɡ/, [ˈhɑ̝ːɡ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːɡ
• Hyphenation^(key): Haag

Proper noun

Haag

1. The Hague (a city, the administrative capital of the Netherlands)

Declension

Inflection of Haag (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Haag	—
genitive		Haagin	—
partitive		Haagia	—
illative		Haagiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Haag	—
accusative	nom.	Haag	—
	gen.	Haagin
genitive		Haagin	—
partitive		Haagia	—
inessive		Haagissa	—
elative		Haagista	—
illative		Haagiin	—
adessive		Haagilla	—
ablative		Haagilta	—
allative		Haagille	—
essive		Haagina	—
translative		Haagiksi	—
abessive		Haagitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Haag (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Haagini — accusative nom. Haagini — gen. Haagini genitive Haagini — partitive Haagiani — inessive Haagissani — elative Haagistani — illative Haagiini — adessive Haagillani — ablative Haagiltani — allative Haagilleni — essive Haaginani — translative Haagikseni — abessive Haagittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Haagisi — accusative nom. Haagisi — gen. Haagisi genitive Haagisi — partitive Haagiasi — inessive Haagissasi — elative Haagistasi — illative Haagiisi — adessive Haagillasi — ablative Haagiltasi — allative Haagillesi — essive Haaginasi — translative Haagiksesi — abessive Haagittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Haagimme — accusative nom. Haagimme — gen. Haagimme genitive Haagimme — partitive Haagiamme — inessive Haagissamme — elative Haagistamme — illative Haagiimme — adessive Haagillamme — ablative Haagiltamme — allative Haagillemme — essive Haaginamme — translative Haagiksemme — abessive Haagittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Haaginne — accusative nom. Haaginne — gen. Haaginne genitive Haaginne — partitive Haagianne — inessive Haagissanne — elative Haagistanne — illative Haagiinne — adessive Haagillanne — ablative Haagiltanne — allative Haagillenne — essive Haaginanne — translative Haagiksenne — abessive Haagittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Haaginsa — accusative nom. Haaginsa — gen. Haaginsa genitive Haaginsa — partitive Haagiaan Haagiansa — inessive Haagissaan Haagissansa — elative Haagistaan Haagistansa — illative Haagiinsa — adessive Haagillaan Haagillansa — ablative Haagiltaan Haagiltansa — allative Haagilleen Haagillensa — essive Haaginaan Haaginansa — translative Haagikseen Haagiksensa — abessive Haagittaan Haagittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Haag n (proper noun, genitive Haags or (optionally with an article) Haag)

1. A municipality of Lower Austria, Austria
2. A municipality of Bavaria, Germany

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xáːk/

Proper noun

Haag m inan

1. The Hague (a city, the administrative capital of the Netherlands)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Haag
genitive	Haaga
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Haag
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Haaga
dative (dajȃlnik)	Haagu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Haag
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Haagu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Haagom

Synonyms

• Den Haag

Related terms

• Haažan / Haažanka
• haaški

Swedish

Proper noun

Haag n (genitive Haags)

1. The Hague (a city, the administrative capital of the Netherlands)