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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as op die eygen in 1470. Derived from Middle Dutch eigen (“personally owned land”). The current neighbourhood was named after a home for bachelors that had in turn taken its name from a piece of land.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Egge n
- A neighbourhood of Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “egge”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
Etymology
Derived in early modern German from the verb eggen, possibly under influence of ecke, also egge (“corner; sharp edge; blade”), whence contemporary Ecke (“corner”). The older Middle High German egede from Old High German egida is only continued dialectally (early modern German eide). The same development in Dutch eg. Cognate to Latin occa, Latin occō (whence Portuguese oco, Spanish hueco).
Pronunciation
Noun
Egge f (genitive Egge, plural Eggen)
- harrow
Declension
Further reading
- “Egge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Egge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon