Lage
German, noun
Lage is spelled L-A-G-E (4 letters) and appears 148 times per million words in written German, the 588th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lage is a German feminine noun meaning “location, position” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, läge is a different word: “first/third-person singular subjunctive II of liegen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stelle, an der etwas liegt”.
What does Lage mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelocation, position
- 2
femininesituation, condition
- 3
femininethickness (layer)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular subjunctive II of liegen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stelle, an der etwas liegt 2. Art, wie etwas liegt 3. Stellung, in der man den gegnerischen Angriff erwartet 4. Schicht von Gegenständen über oder unter einer anderen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Lage
- Lagen plural
- L. abbreviation
- Lg. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Lage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lage in German?
Lage appears 148 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).