Mage
German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle High German mâc, Old High German mâc, from Proto-West Germanic *māg.
Noun
editMage m (weak, genitive Magen, plural Magen)
- (obsolete outside rare poetic use) kinsman, relative
- 1484, Johann Christian von Stramberg, Anton Joseph Weidenbach, editors, Denkwürdiger und nützlicher rheinischer antiquarius: welcher die wichtigsten und angenehmsten geographischen, historischen und politischen Merkwürdigkeiten des ganzen Rheinstroms, von seinem Ausflusse in das Meer bis zu seinem ursprunge darstellt, Coblenz: Rud. Friedr. Hergt, published 1856, Der II. Abtheilung 5. Band, page 801:
- Item begehr ich, mag es sein der Verwandtschaft halber, daß mein Kind und meines Magen Johann Sohn zu Eltz Töchter eine zusammen verlobt werden, sich hernach zu der Ehe zu haben, doch vorbehaltlich wann sie zu ihren mündigen Tagen kommen, daß es dann zu der Kinder beiden Willen stehen soll.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
editDeclension of Mage [masculine, weak]
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
edit- Magschaft (“kinship”)
- Magzahl (“grade of relationship”)
- Schwertmage (“someone related through males”)
- Spindelmage (“someone related through females”)
- Vatermage (“someone related through the father”)
- Muttermage (“someone related through the mother”)
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle High German mage, from Old High German mago, from Proto-West Germanic *magō.
Noun
editMage m (weak, genitive Magens, plural Magen)
- obsolete form of Magen (“stomach, maw”) [until 18th c.]
- 1695, Edward Stillingfleet, translated by Anonymus, Origines sacrae, oder Ursprung der Heiligen Historie, welcher ist ein vernunfftmäßiger bericht der gründe des christlichen glaubens, zu befestigung der warheit und der göttlichen authorität der heiligen schrifft., Bremen: Philip Gottfr. Saurmans, page 812:
- Warum ist der œsophagus oder die speise-röhre so hohl und der mage so weit / als weil die eine geschickt ist die speise destoeher nieder zulassen / und der andere sie in die jährung zu bringen?
- Why is the oesophagus or the food pipe so hollow and the maw so wide than because the first is destined to let down food the faster and the second to let it ferment?
- 1730, Orlandini Giuseppe Maria, translated by Anonymus, Erstes Zwischen-Spiel Von Baccocco und Serpilla, page 1:
- Zu dem hab’ ich die ganze Nacht kein Auge zugethan / Kein Abend-Brodt genossen / so daß mein Mage hefftig knurrt.
- Moreover I hadn’t kept an eye closed the whole night, could not enjoy supper, so that my maw grumbles fervidly.
Declension
editGerman Low German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German māge. Cognate with German Magen (“stomach”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): [mɒːɣə], [mɔːɣə] (more on the merger of monophthongal A and O)
Noun
editMage f (genitive Magen, dative Magen, accusative Mage, plural Magen)
Usage notes
edit- The plural form stays the same in every case.
Synonyms
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- German 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:German/aːɡə
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German weak nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German terms with obsolete senses
- German terms with rare senses
- German poetic terms
- German terms with quotations
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German obsolete forms
- German Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
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- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German nouns
- German Low German feminine nouns