German

Noun

Anlage f ‎(genitive Anlage, plural Anlagen)

1. public green area, site, park, garden
2. (area or building) plant, facility, installation
3. device, system, rig
4. music centre
5. annex, appendix
6. (finance) asset
7. (medicine, biology) disposition
   • 2012 April 4, Die Welt , page 20:

     Die kulturellen Bedingungen entscheiden darüber, wie stark die Anlagen im Erbgut zur Entfaltung kommen können.

     The cultural conditions decide about how strongly the dispositions in the genetic material can be developed.

Declension

Synonyms

• (green area): Park
• (music centre): Stereoanlage
• (annex): Anhang, Beilage
• (asset): Geldanlage, Investition, Investierung

Derived terms

• (green area): Parkanlage, Golfanlage, Grünanlage
• (plant, facility): Fabrikanlage, Hafenanlage, Rastanlage, Waschanlage, Windkraftanlage, Entsalzungsanlage
• (device, system): Alarmanlage, Heizungsanlage, Telefonanlage
• Erbanlage

English

Noun

anlage ‎(plural anlages)

1. (biology) primordium, the initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a body part develops
2. (genetics) allele, a specific version of a gene (as used by Gregor Mendel)
3. (psychology) temperament, the predisposition personality type