tage

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• tag (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German tag, tac, from Old High German tag, tac, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz. Cognate with German Tag, English day.

Noun

tage m (plural tang)

1. (Luserna) day

Related terms

• mittartage
• in tages

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter , Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
• “tage” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish takæ, taghæ, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”). Cognate with Norwegian ta, Swedish ta, and Dutch taken. English take is an early loan from Old Norse.

Alternative forms

• ta'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta(ːˀ)/, ,
• Rhymes: -a

Verb

tage (imperative tag, present tense tager, past tense tog, past participle taget)

1. to take, get, pick up
2. to catch, hold
3. to charge (to take money)
4. to go somewhere (with a preposition phrase)
5. to occupy, steal (to take what is not yours)
6. to pick up (a phone)

   Vi har prøvet at komme i kontakt med hende, men hun tager ikke sin telefon.

   We've tried contacting her, but she's not picking up her phone.

   Vil du tage den? Mine hænder er våde.

   Will you pick it up? My hands are wet.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• With prefix: betage, foretage, fortage, gentage, undtage
• Compounds: antage, fratage, fritage, indtage, medtage, modtage,nedtage, udtage, voldtage

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːɣə/, ,

Noun

tage n

1. indefinite plural of tag

Esperanto

Etymology

From tago +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -aɡe
• Hyphenation: ta‧ge

• Audio

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Adverb

tage

1. by day, during the day, in the daytime

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːɡə/

• Audio

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Verb

tage

1. inflection of tagen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Yao (South America)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *atjôkô. Compare Kari'na oko, Ye'kwana aakö.

Numeral

tage

1. two

Further reading

• de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642