Danish

Proper noun

Lage

1. A male given name.

German

Etymology

From the verb liegen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːɡə/
• Hyphenation: La‧ge
• Rhymes: -aːɡə

Noun

Lage f ‎(genitive Lage, plural Lagen)

1. location, position
2. situation
3. thickness (layer)

Declension

Derived terms

• Ablage
• Auflage
• Einlage
• Notlage
• Grundlage
• Unterlage
• Wetterlage

See also

• Zustand
• Position
• Situation

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Lage.

Proper noun

Lage

1. A male given name.

English

Noun

lage ‎(uncountable)

1. (archaic, Britain, cant) Water; any weak alcoholic beverage.
   • 1641–42, Brome, Richard, A Jovial Crew, or the Merry Beggars, Act 2:

     I bowse no lage, but a whole gage / Of this I'll bowse to you.

Verb

lage ‎(third-person singular simple present lages, present participle lageing, simple past and past participle lageed)

1. (archaic, Britain, cant) To drink.
   • 1566, Harman, Thomas, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors:

     I saye by the Salomon I will lage it of with a gage of Benebouse; then cut to my nose watch.

References

• Grose, Francis (1788) A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: S. Hooper
• Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1889) A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume 2, page 2
• Farmer, John Stephen (1896) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 4, pages 144

Dutch

Etymology 1

Adjective

lage

1. Inflected form of laag

Etymology 2

Verb

lage

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of liggen

Etymology 3

Dialectal form of laai.

Noun

lage f ‎(plural [please provide], diminutive [please provide])

1. (obsolete) A (flickering) flame.

Haitian Creole

Verb

lage

1. release, let go

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun lag

Verb

lage ‎(imperative lag, present tense lager, passive lages, simple past laga or laget or lagde, past participle laga or laget or lagd, present participle lagende)

1. to make (something)

References

• “lage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• lagu

Noun

lage f

1. law, ordinance, rule, regulation; right, legal privilege