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Absage

Absage is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Absagen
English
cancellation, refusal
Level
A2
Topic
Work

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Why is it die Absage?

Absage ends in -age, and almost all nouns ending in -age are feminine: in a German dictionary, 90% of them take die.

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Meaning

[1] Notification that something planned does not come about

[1] Mitteilung, dass etwas Geplantes nicht zustande kommt

[2] Closing word at an event

[2] Schlusswort bei einer Veranstaltung

[3] refusal

[3] Weigerung

Examples

[1] For our planned trip, I unfortunately have to give you a cancellation

[1] Zu unserer geplanten Reise muss ich dir leider eine Absage erteilen.

[1] "For the organizers, the lecturers but also for visitors, the cancellation of the Chemnitz Linux Days should be painful"

[1] „Für die Organisatoren, die Vortragenden aber auch für die Besucher dürfte die Absage der Chemnitzer Linux-Tage schmerzlich sein.“
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[2] The speaker did not give himself a special effort with the cancellation

[2] Der Sprecher gab sich mit der Absage keine besondere Mühe.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Absage die Absagen
Genitiv der Absage der Absagen
Dativ der Absage den Absagen
Akkusativ die Absage die Absagen

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