eier

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See also: Eier, éier, and Éier

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Etymology

Back-formation from eiers, a dialectal Dutch plural form of ei (“egg”). Compare similar back-formations in Afrikaans: hoender, blaar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈəiər/,
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Noun

eier (plural eiers)

  1. egg

German

Pronunciation

Verb

eier

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

From eie +‎ -er.

Noun

eier m (definite singular eieren, indefinite plural eiere, definite plural eierne)

  1. an owner
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

eier

  1. present tense of eie

See also

References

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German euer, English your.

Determiner

eier

  1. (possessive) your (plural)

Declension

Declension of eier
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative eier eier eier eier
dative eierem eierer eierem eiere
accusative eier eier eier eier
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