Lage
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaːɡə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: La‧ge
- Rhymes: -aːɡə
- Homophone: Laage
Etymology 1
From the verb liegen. Compare English lea (“meadow, open field”) and ley, used in ley line.
Declension
Hyponyms
- Bedingungslage
- Bewusstseinslage ("state of consciousness devoid of sensory components")
- Erblage
- Finanzlage
- Gemütslage
- Geschäftslage ("business situation or position")
- Notlage
- Rechtslage
- Rücklage
- Sachlage
- Schieflage
- Schräglage
- Schwimmlage ("swimming position")
- Slipeinlage
- Spitzenlage ("top location")
- Straßenlage ("roadholding")
- Top-Lage ("top location")
- Vermögenslage
- Versorgungslage
- Wetterlage
- Wirtschaftslage
- Wohnlage
- Zwangslage
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Referring to its lower and possibly slope position in comparison to nearby hills.
Proper noun
Lage n (proper noun, genitive Lages or (optionally with an article) Lage)
- A city in Lippe district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- A municipality of County of Bentheim district, Lower Saxony, Germany
Further reading
- “Lage” in Duden online
- “Lage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Lage”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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