Anlage Definition

änlägə
anlagen, anlages
noun
anlagen
The basis of a later development; foundation.
Webster's New World

Primordium.

Webster's New World
The initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a part or an organ develops; primordium.
American Heritage Medicine
A genetic predisposition to a given trait or personality characteristic.
American Heritage Medicine
A fundamental principle; the foundation for a future development.
American Heritage Medicine
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Other Word Forms of Anlage

Noun

Singular:
anlage
Plural:
anlages

Origin of Anlage

  • German fundamental principle from Middle High German anlāge request ane- on (from Old High German ana- an- in Indo-European roots) lāge act of laying (from Old High German lāga legh- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • German

    From Wiktionary

Anlage Sentence Examples

  • The main arteries of the city are the Zeil, a broad street running from the Friedberger Anlage to the Rossmarkt and thence continued, by the Kaiserstrasse, through the fine new quarter built after 1872, to the magnificent principal railway station; and the Steinweg and Goethestrasse, which lead by the Bockenheimer Tor to the Bockenheimer Landstrasse, a broad boulevard intersecting the fashionable residential suburb to the N.W.

  • A monument in the Bockenheim Anlage, dated 1837, preserves the memory of Guiollett, the burgomaster, to whom the town is mainly indebted for the beautiful promenades which occupy the site of the old fortifications; and similar monuments have been reared to Senckenberg (1863), Schopenhauer, Klemens Brentano the poet and Samuel Thomas Sommerring (1755-1830), the anatomist and inventor of an electric telegraph.

  • To the south of this is the Anlage, a pleasant promenade flanked by handsome villas and gardens, leading directly to the centre of the place.

  • This, he says, must not be conceived as resulting from the action of external causes, but is due to a natural disposition (Anlage).

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Words Starting With

AANANL

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With A6 Letter Words Ending With E