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English

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Adverb

eg (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of e.g.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Dutch echt.

Adjective

eg (attributive egte, comparative egter, superlative egste)

  1. real

Adverb

eg

  1. Emphasizes the authenticity of the modified adjective
    Potjiekos is 'n verwysing na 'n eg Suid-Afrikaanse kooktegniek

Etymology 2

From Dutch eg.

Noun

eg (plural êe or egge)

  1. (agriculture) harrow
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From Dutch eggen.

Verb

eg (present eg, present participle eggende, past participle geëg)

  1. to harrow; to work the land with a harrow
Alternative forms

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak).

Pronunciation

Noun

eg c (singular definite egen, plural indefinite ege)

  1. oak, oak tree (tree or wood)

Inflection

Synonyms

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛx/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: eg
  • Rhymes: -ɛx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch egge, ultimately from the root of egge (corner, edge), similar to German eggen (to harrow).

Noun

eg f (plural eggen, diminutive egje n)

  1. harrow
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: eg, ê

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

eg

  1. inflection of eggen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek (whence also Old English , Old High German ih), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

eg (plural vit, possessive adjectives mín, mítt)

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
    Eg eti døgurða.
    I am eating dinner.

Declension

Synonyms

  • jeg (Suðuroy dialect)

Further reading

  • "eg" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Alternative forms

  • ek (very archaic)
  • ég (modern)

Etymology

From older Icelandic ek, from Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare with Faroese eg, Norn eg and Norwegian Nynorsk eg.

Pronoun

eg

  1. (poetic, archaic) I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Jamaican Creole

Noun

eg (plural eg dem, quantified eg)

  1. Alternative spelling of egg

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Doublet of ey.

Pronunciation

Noun

eg (plural egges)

  1. (chiefly Northern) egg
    Synonym: (more common) ey

Descendants

References

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

eg

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to English I.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛː(ɡ)/, /eː(ɡ)/
  • (Widespread forms) IPA(key): /eː(ɡ)/, /ɛː(ɡ)/, /æː(ɡ)/, as well as forms based on je or jeg in Eastern areas.
    • (Romsdal/Sunndal/Lesja) IPA(key): /iː/
    • (Selbu/Lierne) IPA(key): /iː/
  • (Diphthongised forms) IPA(key): /eiː(ɡ)/, /ɛːɪ/, /ɪɛɡ/

Pronoun

eg (accusative meg)

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also


Noun

eg n (definite singular eget, uncountable)

  1. (metaphysics) I, ego

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

ēġ f

  1. Alternative form of īeġ

Pumpokol

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔes. Compare Kott ēš, Arin es, . Also from the same root is Pumpokol (sky).

Noun

eg

  1. God

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

eg

  1. imperative of ega