Lage

See also: lage, lagë, läge, and låge

Danish

Etymology

Variant of Lauge.

Proper noun

Lage

1. a male given name

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːɡə/

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• Hyphenation: La‧ge
• Rhymes: -aːɡə
• Homophone: Laage

Etymology 1

From Middle High German lāge (“state of lying, reclining; esp. in ambush; situation; storehouse”), from Old High German lāga (“state of lying; ambush”). By surface analysis, deverbal from liegen. Related to Lager (“storeroom; camp”), Liege f (“daybed”). Compare English lea (“meadow, open field”), English lie as in the lie of the land and ley, used in ley line.

Noun

Lage f (genitive Lage, plural Lagen)

1. location, position
2. situation, condition
3. thickness (layer)

Declension

Declension of Lage [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Lage	die	Lagen
genitive	einer	der	Lage	der	Lagen
dative	einer	der	Lage	den	Lagen
accusative	eine	die	Lage	die	Lagen

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

• Ablage
• Anlage
• Auflage
• Auslage
• Beilage
• Doppellage
• Einlage
• Grundlage
• Lagebeobachtung
• Lagebeschreibung
• Lagebesprechung
• Lageplan
• Lebenslage
• Misslage
• Niederlage
• Stimmlage
• Tonlage
• Umlage
• Unterlage
• Zulage
• Zwischenlage

 

Related terms

• Legung f
• Lager m
• Liege f

See also

• Zustand
• Position
• Situation

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)

1. A city in Lippe district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
2. 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
• “Lage” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Lage.

Proper noun

Lage c (genitive Lages)

1. a male given name

Anagrams

• lega