Waage

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from German, Icelandic or Norwegian Waage.

Proper noun

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Waage (plural Waages)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Waage is the 31001st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 749 individuals. Waage is most common among White (96.26%) individuals.

Further reading

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German

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Alternative forms

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  • Wage (archaic since 1927; nonstandard since 1996)

Etymology

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From Middle High German wāge, from Old High German wāga, from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu (scales). Cognate with Dutch waag, English wey.

The spelling Waage was used alongside Wage since at least the 17th century. As the etymological school of the 19th century favoured single vowels, some doubled spellings like baar, Schooß, Waage were abolished during the reforms of the early 20th century. However, the spelling Waage was standardised again by two decrees from the governments of Austria (March 1927) and Germany (July 1927) in order to avoid the ambiguity between plural Waagen and Wagen (car[s], carriage[s]), as for example in Waagenbau (construction of scales) versus Wagenbau (construction of cars).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Waage f (genitive Waage, plural Waagen)

  1. scales (weighing machine)
  2. (astronomy, astrology) Libra

Declension

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Derived terms

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Proper noun

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Waage m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Waages or (with an article) Waage, feminine genitive Waage, plural Waages or Waage)

  1. a surname

See also

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Zodiac signs in German (layout · text)
Widder Stier Zwillinge Krebs
Löwe Jungfrau Waage Skorpion
Schütze Steinbock Wassermann Fische

References

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Further reading

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  • Waage” in Duden online
  • Waage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch and German Waage (scale). Also a surname derived from Old Norse vágr (inlet, bay), the source of Norwegian Våge.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Waage

  1. a surname

Further reading

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