tage

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See also: Tage and tåge

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

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

References

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta(ː)/, [ˈtˢæ], [ˈtˢæˀ] or (formal) IPA(key): /taːɣə/, [ˈtˢæːɪ]
  • Rhymes: -a

Verb

tage (imperative tag, present tager, past tog, past participle n taget, c tagen, pl tagne)

  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
Conjugation of tage
active passive
infinitive tage tages
present tager tages
past tog (archaic) toges
imperative tag —
participle
present tagende
past (have / havde) taget
gerund tagen
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taːɣə/, [ˈtˢæːjə], [ˈtˢæːæ]

Noun

tage n

  1. indefinite plural of tag

References

Esperanto

Etymology

    From tago + -e.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtaɡe/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -aɡe
    • Syllabification: ta‧ge

    Adverb

    tage

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

    German

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    tage

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

    Old High German

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈta.ɡe/

    Noun

    tage

    1. dative singular of tag

    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