Waage

German

Alternative forms

• Wage (prescribed (in 1902 and 1908 in Prussia); proscribed (1996 spelling reform))

Etymology

From Middle High German wāge, from Old High German wāga, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales”). The second a was introduced in 1927 to distinguish it from Wagen. More at wey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːɡə/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Homophones: vage, wage

Noun

Waage f (genitive Waage, plural Waagen)

1. scales (weighing machine)
2. (astronomy, astrology) Libra

Derived terms

• Briefwaage
• Personenwaage
• Waagschale

Related terms

• wagen
• wägen
• erwägen
• wiegen

See also

• (Western astrology signs) Tierkreiszeichen; Widder, Stier, Zwillinge, Krebs, Löwe, Jungfrau, Waage, Skorpion, Schütze, Steinbock, Wassermann, Fische ^{(Category: de:Astrology)}

Proper noun

Waage m or f (genitive Waages)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Waage” in Duden online

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔːɣɛː/

Proper noun

Waage

1. a surname