kokt egg

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Norwegian Bokmål

Boiled eggs with their shells removed.

Etymology

First word past participle of koke (“cook, boil”), from Middle Low German kôken, kâken, from Old Saxon *kokōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kôken, from Latin cocō, coquō (“I cook”), from earlier *quoquō, from Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō (“to cook”), from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti (“to be cooking”), from *pekʷ- (“to cook”).

Last word from Old Norse egg n (“egg”), from Proto-Germanic *ajją (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), likely from *h₂éwis (“bird”), possibly from *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊkt ɛɡ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ
  • Hyphenation: kokt‧egg

Noun

kokt egg n (definite singular kokte egget, indefinite plural kokte egg, definite plural kokte egga or kokte eggene)

  1. (cooking) a boiled egg (an egg which has been cooked in the shell in boiling water)
    • 1995, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Fugledansen, page 96:
      jeg betraktet det kokte egget foran frokosttallerkenen min
      I looked at the boiled egg in front of my breakfast plate

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See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia