Hag

See also: hag, håg, hág, and Hag.

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German hac, from Old High German hag, from Proto-West Germanic *hagō. Cognate with German Hag.

Noun

Hag m

  1. (Uri) fence

References

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hac, from Old High German hag, from Proto-West Germanic *hagō. Cognate with Dutch haag, Swedish hage, Old English hæg. Doublet of Hain.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haːk/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Hag m (strong, genitive Hages or Hags, plural Hage)

  1. (archaic or regional) hedge; haw; enclosure
    Synonyms: Hecke, Häge (Switzerland)
  2. (archaic or regional) grove; woods; small forest
    Synonyms: Hain, Wäldchen

Declension
Declension of Hag [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Hag die Hage
genitive eines des Hages, Hags der Hage
dative einem dem Hag, Hage1 den Hagen
accusative einen den Hag die Hage

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading
  • “Hag” in Duden online
  • “Hag” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From the French translation (confused with La Hague) of Dutch Den Haag.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xâːɡ/

Proper noun

Hȃg m (Cyrillic spelling Ха̑г)

  1. The Hague (a city, the administrative capital of the Netherlands)

Declension
Declension of Hag
singular
nominative Hȃg
genitive Hága
dative Hagu
accusative Hag
vocative Haže
locative Hagu
instrumental Hagom

Derived terms
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