Tage

See also: tage and tåge

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish Taki "a guarantor", used as a given name since the 17th century.

Proper noun

Tage

  1. a male given name

French

Proper noun

Tage m

  1. Tagus (river in Spain and Portugal)

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaːɡə/
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Noun

Tage m pl

  1. inflection of Tag:
    1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural
    2. (archaic) dative singular

Derived terms

Noun

Tage m pl (plural only)

  1. (informal) period, that time of the month (female menstruation)
    Synonyms: Periode, Regel, Monatsblutung
    Sie hat ihre Tage. ― She's having her period.

Usage notes
  • Originally a euphemism, but no longer felt as such. It is always used with either a definite article (die Tage) or possessive pronoun (meine Tage etc.). It occurs most often with the verb haben.

Declension
Declension of Tage [pl-only, masculine]
plural
def. noun
nominative die Tage
genitive der Tage
dative den Tagen
accusative die Tage

Further reading
  • “Tage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

Pronunciation
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Proper noun

Tage c (genitive Tages)

  1. a male given name of Danish origin
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