Waage

German

Alternative forms

Wage (prescribed (in 1902 and 1908 in Prussia); proscribed (1996 spelling reform))

Etymology

From Middle High German wāge, from Old High German wāga, from Proto-Germanic *wēgǭ, *wēgō (“weight; balance, scale”). The second a was introduced in 1927 to distinguish it from Wagen. More at wey.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvaːɡə/
Audio (Austria) (file)
Homophones: vage, wage

Noun

Waage f (genitive Waage, plural Waagen)

scales (weighing machine)
(astronomy, astrology) Libra

Declension

Declension of Waage

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Waage	die	Waagen
genitive	einer	der	Waage	der	Waagen
dative	einer	der	Waage	den	Waagen
accusative	eine	die	Waage	die	Waagen

Derived terms

Briefwaage
Personenwaage
Waagschale

Related terms

See also

(Western astrology signs) Tierkreiszeichen; Widder, Stier, Zwillinge, Krebs, Löwe, Jungfrau, Waage, Skorpion, Schütze, Steinbock, Wassermann, Fische ^{(Category: de:Astrology)}

Proper noun

Waage m or f (genitive Waages)

A surname.

Further reading

Waage in Duden online

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɔːɣɛː/

Proper noun

Waage

A surname.

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