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Tag.

day (a 24-hour period)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/taːk/[tʰaːkʰ]Austria, Germany/tax//taːx/
  1. day (a 24-hour period)

    countable · masculine · strong
    Tag für Tag
  2. day (the period from midnight to the following midnight)

    countable · masculine · strong
    Der Tag fängt um Mitternacht an.
  3. day (the rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth))

    countable · masculine · strong
  4. day, daylight (the period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight)

    countable · masculine · strong
    Im Winter sind die Tage kürzer.
    Diese kurzen Tage verursachen Depressionen.
  5. day, daylight, light (light from the Sun)

    masculine · strong · uncountable
  6. light (open view; a visible state or condition)

    figuratively · masculine · strong · uncountable
  7. day (the part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.)

    masculine · strong · uncountable
    Nun, wie war dein Tag?
    Überstunden!? Was für ein Tag!
  8. day (a specified time or period, considered with reference to the prominence or success (in life or in an argument or conflict) of a person or thing)

    figuratively · masculine · strong · uncountable
    Der Tag gehört uns. Gut gemacht, Männer!
    Heute ist einfach nicht mein Tag.
  9. convention, congress (a formal assembly)

    countable · dated · masculine · strong
  10. see Tage for plural-only senses

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old High German tag Middle High German tac German Tag Inherited from Middle High German tac, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-. In earlier legal documents since Middle High German, Tag was frequently used in the meaning of “a fixed day for meeting, debate, or appointment,” which was associated with words like Reichstag, Landtag, later Ratstag, and tagen (“to hold a meeting”), etc.

intj/taːk/[tʰaːkʰ]Austria, Germany/tax//taːx/
  1. hello; (good) day

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Abbreviation of the greeting guten Tag (“good day”).

noun/tɛːk//tɛk//taːk/[tʰaːkʰ]Austria, Germany
  1. tag (label)

    Internet · masculine · strong
    Diese Tags empfehlen wir Ihnen, basierend auf den Spielen, die Sie kürzlich auf Steam gespielt, oder der Software, die Sie kürzlich auf Steam benutzt haben.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English tag.

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