Taxe
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German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
15th century, from Medieval Latin taxa.
Noun[edit]
Taxe f (genitive Taxe, plural Taxen)
- (now especially Switzerland, Austria) fee, tariff, tax (a payment required to cover administrative costs or in exchange for a service)
- 1784, Friedrich Schiller, Kabale und Liebe [Intrigue and Love], 3. Akt, 6. Szene:
- Und einen Vater werden Sie doch, will ich hoffen, um diese gnädige Taxe nicht überfordert finden?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1910, Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge [The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge][1]:
- Aber ich habe auch offene Droschken ankommen sehen, Zeitdroschken mit aufgeklapptem Verdeck, die nach der üblichen Taxe fuhren: Zwei Francs für die Sterbestunde.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Taxe [feminine]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Alteration of Taxi n. Said to be influenced by Droschke.
Noun[edit]
Taxe f (genitive Taxe, plural Taxen)
- (colloquial, dated) Alternative form of Taxi
- 2000, Bernhard Schlink, “Die Beschneidung”, in Liebesfluchten, page 253:
- »Schnapp dir eine Taxe, und komm zu mir, so schnell du kannst«, hatte Sarah gesagt. Eigentlich konnte er sich eine Taxe nicht leisten.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes[edit]
- Taxen remains common as an alternative plural of Taxi.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Taxe [feminine]
Further reading[edit]
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