Alemannic German

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Middle High German tag, tac, from Old High German tag, tac, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz. Cognate with German Tag, Dutch dag, English day, Icelandic dagur, Swedish dag, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags).

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    Tag m (genitive Tags, plural Täg or Tag)

    1. day
      • 1853, J. Stutz, Gemälde aus dem Volksleben in Zürcherischer Mundart, 6th small volume, p. 200:
        Nei, öppis Lüstigers hä-n-ich doch Tags
        Und mines Lebes noh nie ghört.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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    References

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    • Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 14.
    • Aus dem Wiesenthale. Gedichte von Georg Uehlin. Schopfheim, 1869

    German

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    Ein siderischer Tag der Erde. — A sidereal Earth day. (3)
     
    Reichstag (9)

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    Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Middle High German tac, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-.

      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.

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      Tag m (strong, genitive Tages or Tags, plural Tage, diminutive Tägchen n or Täglein n)

      1. (countable) day (a 24-hour period)
        Tag für Tagday after day
      2. (countable) day (the period from midnight to the following midnight)
        Der Tag fängt um Mitternacht an.The day begins at midnight.
      3. (countable, astronomy) day (the rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth))
      4. (countable) day, daylight (the period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight)
        Im Winter sind die Tage kürzer.During the winter the days are shorter.
        Diese kurzen Tage verursachen Depressionen.These short days cause feelings of depression.
        An den irdischen Polen dauert ein Tag sechs Monate.At the Earth's poles a day lasts six months.
      5. (uncountable) day, daylight, light (light from the Sun)
      6. (uncountable, figurative) light (open view; a visible state or condition)
      7. (uncountable) day (the part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.)
        Nun, wie war dein Tag?Well, how was your day?
        Überstunden!? Was für ein Tag!Overtime!? What a day!
      8. (uncountable, figurative) 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)
        Der Tag gehört uns. Gut gemacht, Männer!It's our day, now. Well done, men!
        Heute ist einfach nicht mein Tag.It's just not my day.
      9. (countable, dated, now found chiefly in compounds such as Bundestag, Reichstag, Landtag, Sudetendeutscher Tag or Tag der Oberschlesier) convention, congress (a formal assembly)
      10. see Tage for plural-only senses
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      • Hunsrik: taach

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      Etymology 2

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      Abbreviation of the greeting guten Tag (good day).

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      Tag

      1. (colloquial) hello; (good) day

      Etymology 3

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        Borrowed from English tag.

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        Tag m (strong, genitive Tags, plural Tags)

        1. (Internet) tag (label)
          Diese Tags empfehlen wir Ihnen, basierend auf den Spielen, die Sie kürzlich auf Steam gespielt, oder der Software, die Sie kürzlich auf Steam benutzt haben.
          We recommend these tags to you based on the games you've recently played on Steam, or the software you've recently used on Steam.
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        Further reading

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        • Tag”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
        • Tag” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
        • Tag” in Duden online
        •   Tag on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

        Polish

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        Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia pl
         
        Tag

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          Learned borrowing from Latin Tagus.

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          Tag m inan

          1. Tagus (a river in Portugal and Spain)

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          Further reading

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          • Tag”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
          • Tag in PWN's encyclopedia