"-age" meaning in German

See -age in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈaːʒə/ Forms: -agen [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French -age m. Feminised by analogy with the majority of German words in -e, perhaps also with other suffixes of abstract nouns such as -heit and -ung. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|de|fr|-age|||g=m|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French -age m, {{bor+|de|fr|-age|g=m}} Borrowed from French -age m, {{m|de||-e}} -e, {{m|de|-heit}} -heit, {{m|de|-ung}} -ung Head templates: {{head|de|suffix|plural|-agen|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|g=f}} -age f (plural -agen)
  1. Nominal suffix, rarely productive, mostly restricted to borrowings from French. Tags: feminine, morpheme Synonyms: -asche [nonstandard, obsolete]
    Sense id: en--age-de-suffix-5-8vU4dk Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with raw sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 6 4 3 7 12 10 7 2 2 11 4 3 8 1 1

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