oog

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See also: Oog and o'og

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch oog, from Middle Dutch oge, from Old Dutch ōga, ouga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oəχ/
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Noun

oog (plural oë, diminutive ogie)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ôge, from Old Dutch ōga, ouga, from Proto-West Germanic *augā (“eye”), Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Noun

oog n (plural ogen, diminutive oogje n)

  1. eye
  2. pip (of dice)
  3. eye of a needle
  4. eye (of a peacock's tail)
  5. eye (of a storm)
  6. sight, vision, gaze
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: oog
  • Jersey Dutch: ôx, ôxe
  • Negerhollands: oogo, hoogo, hogo, oog
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: hogo (dated)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: hogo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

oog

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

Etymology 3

Related to (obsolete) English ea and Latin aqua.

Alternative forms

Noun

oog f (plural ogen, diminutive oogje n)

  1. (only in proper names) island
    Synonyms: eiland, (archaic) insel
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