Plage
German, noun
Plage is spelled P-L-A-G-E (5 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plage is a German feminine noun meaning “plague (affliction or hardship, particularly when seen as a divine punishment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, plage is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine (übernatürliche) Bestrafung”.
What does Plage mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplague (affliction or hardship, particularly when seen as a divine punishment)
Sie ertrug alle Plagen des Krieges mit großer Tapferkeit.
- 2
feminineplague; epidemic
In Teilen des Landes ist eine Mückenplage ausgebrochen.
- 3
feminineinformalnuisance; annoyance; something annoying
Diese neuen Glühbirnen sind echt ’ne Plage.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine (übernatürliche) Bestrafung 2. ein (natürlicher) Umstand im Sinne einer Bestrafung 3. eine schwerwiegende Last
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 Plage
- Plagen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Plage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Plage in German?
Plage appears 2.0 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).