Tag

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable,masculine,strong) day (a 24-hour period)
2. (countable,masculine,strong) day (the period from midnight to the following midnight)
3. (countable,masculine,strong) day (the rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth))
4. (countable,masculine,strong) day, daylight (the period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight)
5. (masculine,strong,uncountable) day, daylight, light (light from the Sun)
6. (figuratively,masculine,strong,uncountable) light (open view; a visible state or condition)
7. (masculine,strong,uncountable) day (the part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.)
8. (figuratively,masculine,strong,uncountable) 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)
9. (countable,dated,masculine,strong) convention, congress (a formal assembly)
10. (masculine,strong) see Tage for plural-only senses

Intj

hello; (good) day

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German tac, tag, from Old High German tag, tac (attested since the 8th century); from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
Germanic cognates include Old Saxon dag (whence German Low German Dag), Old Dutch dag (whence Dutch dag, Afrikaans dag), Old English dæġ (whence Modern English day), West Frisian dei, Old Norse dagr (whence Icelandic dagur, Faroese dagur, Norwegian Bokmål dag, Norwegian Nynorsk dag, Swedish dag, Danish dag), Yiddish טאָג (tog) and Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags).
Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian djeg (“to burn”), Latin foveō (“to warm, nurture”), favilla (“cinders, ashes”), Ancient Greek τέφρα (téphra), Lithuanian dãgas (“hot season”), Russian жечь (žečʹ, “to burn”), Sanskrit दहति (dahati, “to burn”).
Although they are similar in appearance and meaning, German Tag and Proto-Germanic *dagaz are not related to Latin diēs as older folk etymology suggested; instead, the Latin word is derived from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to shine”). See the Latvian diena (“day”) and Sanskrit दिन (diná, “day”) for more.
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.

Sentences

Am ersten Tag werde ich Sie immer wieder darauf hinweisen .

On the first day, I will point this out to you again and again.

Rudi will nicht den ganzen Tag zu Hause hocken .

Rudi doesn't want to sit at home all day.

An dem Tag verschwindet Ina.

On that day, Ina disappears.

Guten Tag , die Fahrscheine bitte .

Hello, the tickets please.

Um die Ausfallzeiten zu verkürzen , wird Tag und Nacht gearbeitet .

To reduce downtime, we work day and night.

Versuchen Sie , einen Tag lang auf Anglizismen zu verzichten , schlug Cornelia vor .

Try to abstain from Anglicisms for a day, Cornelia suggested.