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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• Rhymes: -aːɡə

Noun

Tage m pl

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

Derived terms

• die Tage (adverbial)

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