Hag

See also: hag, håg, hág, and Hag.

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Haag

Etymology

From Middle High German hac, from Old High German hag, from Proto-West Germanic *hagō. Cognate with German Hag.

Noun

Hag m

1. (Uri) fence

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hac, from Old High German hag, from Proto-West Germanic *hagō. Cognate with Dutch haag, Swedish hage, Old English hæg. Doublet of Hain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːk/

• Audio

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Noun

Hag m (strong, genitive Hages or Hags, plural Hage)

1. (archaic or regional) hedge; haw; enclosure

   Synonyms: Hecke, Häge (Switzerland)

2. (archaic or regional) grove; woods; small forest

   Synonyms: Hain, Wäldchen

Declension

Declension of Hag [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hag	die	Hage
genitive	eines	des	Hages, Hags	der	Hage
dative	einem	dem	Hag, Hage1	den	Hagen
accusative	einen	den	Hag	die	Hage

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Den Haag
• Gehege
• Hagebutte
• Hagestolz
• Hain
• hegen

 

Further reading

• “Hag” in Duden online
• “Hag” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From the French translation (confused with La Hague) of Dutch Den Haag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xâːɡ/

Proper noun

Hȃg m (Cyrillic spelling Ха̑г)

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

Declension

Declension of Hag

	singular
nominative	Hȃg
genitive	Hága
dative	Hagu
accusative	Hag
vocative	Haže
locative	Hagu
instrumental	Hagom

Derived terms

• hȃškī