German nouns ending in -age

-age is feminine. These words come from French: die Garage, die Etage.

English words are different: das Image.

On the 99 common nouns with this ending in the frequency list behind these rules, 94.9% take die. We label that “almost always”. The count is from german-nouns (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0). It is not an exam pass rate.

Exceptions in this rule

• das Image
• das Cottage

Learn the exceptions as pairs. The ending is still worth using for every other noun.

Examples the course uses

• die Garage
• die Etage
• die Massage

In this dictionary

• die Garage
• die Lage
• die Unterlage
• die Wohnlage

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