Lage

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) location, position
2. (feminine) situation, condition
3. (feminine) thickness (layer)

Name

1. (neuter,proper-noun) A city in Lippe district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
2. (neuter,proper-noun) A municipality of County of Bentheim district, Lower Saxony, Germany

Concepts

situation

position

layer

location

condition

site

circumstances

state

place

exposure

predicament

state of affairs

coat

Lage

phase

aspect

conditions

appearance

ply

quire

status

lay

environment

circumstance

situation in life

one’s lot

checkerboard

prospects

consideration

reasons

spirit of the age

trends

character of a place

state of things

shape

current status

terms

truth

kind

manner

standpoint

one’s ground

one’s position

posture

gathering

medley

ledge

sheet

whereabouts

plight

set-up

Engelse vertaling

case

issue

mister

rank

emplacement

locating

locations

placements

positioning

rankings

spacing

Hyphenated as

La‧ge

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlaːɡə/

Etymology

From Middle High German lāge (“state of lying, reclining; esp. in ambush; situation; storehouse”), from Old High German lāga (“state of lying; ambush”). By surface analysis, deverbal from liegen. Related to Lager (“storeroom; camp”), Liege f (“daybed”). Compare English lea (“meadow, open field”), English lie as in the lie of the land and ley, used in ley line.

Sentences

Die Polizei ist weder gewillt , noch dazu in der Lage , mit meinen Daten vernünftig umzugehen .

The police are neither willing nor able to handle my data properly.

Somit wird der Markt in die Lage versetzt , sie zu belohnen .

In this way, it is made possible for the market to reward them.