Stag

German

Etymology

From German Low German Stag, from Middle Low German stach, from Old Saxon stag, from Proto-West Germanic *stag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtaːk/

• Audio:

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Noun

Stag n (strong, genitive Stages or Stags, plural Stage)

1. (nautical) stay

Declension

Declension of Stag [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Stag	die	Stage
genitive	eines	des	Stages, Stags	der	Stage
dative	einem	dem	Stag, Stage1	den	Stagen
accusative	ein	das	Stag	die	Stage

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Stagsegel

Further reading

• “Stag” in Duden online