From Middle High German eigen, from Old High German eigan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan. For the preservation of intervocalic -g- as a gliding sound after Middle High German -ei- compare iwwerzeegen.
eegen (masculine eegenen, neuter eegent, comparative méi eegen, superlative am eegensten)
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass eegen | si ass eegen | et ass eegen | si si(nn) eegen | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | eegenen | eegen | eegent | eegen |
independent without determiner | eegenes | eegener | |||
dative | after any declined word | eegenen | eegener | eegenen | eegenen |
as first declined word | eegenem | eegenem |