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Danish
Etymology
Variant of Lauge.
Proper noun
Lage
- a male given name
German
Pronunciation
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)
- location, position
- situation, condition
- thickness (layer)
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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
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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish Lage.
Proper noun
Lage c (genitive Lages)
- a male given name
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