läge

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See also: lage, Lage, lagë, låge, and læge

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Noun[edit]

läge

  1. (anatomy) skin

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

läge

  1. first/third-person singular subjunctive II of liegen

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to ligga (to lie) and lägga (to lay), like German Lage.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

läge n

  1. a position (same location/orientation duality as in English), a location
    Huset har ett bra läge
    The house is in a good location
    liggande läge
    lying position
  2. a situation, a state
    Hur är läget?
    What's up?
    gilla läget
    accept the situation
    världsläget
    the global situation
  3. an opportunity (from notion of an (implied good) situation)
    Han är helt ensam med målvakten. Vilket läge!
    He's completely alone with the goalie. What an opportunity!
  4. a (fishermen's) village

Usage notes[edit]

Idiomatic for something being in a good/bad/etc. location in (sense 1). Places more emphasis on the surroundings compared to position, in a similar way to "The house is in a good location" vs. "The house is in a good position."

Declension[edit]

Declension of läge 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative läge läget lägen lägena
Genitive läges lägets lägens lägenas

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