tegn

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną, cognate with English token and German Zeichen. The noun is derived from the verb *tīhaną (“to show, accuse”) (cf. Danish te (“to behave”), German zeihen (“to accuse”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

tegn n (singular definite tegnet, plural indefinite tegn)

  1. sign
  2. token
  3. character

Inflection

Declension of tegn
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tegn tegnet tegn tegnene
genitive tegns tegnets tegns tegnenes

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse teikn or tákn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną (“sign, token”).

Noun

tegn n (definite singular tegnet, indefinite plural tegn, definite plural tegna or tegnene)

  1. a sign
  2. a character (printed or written letter or symbol)

Derived terms

Verb

tegn

  1. imperative of tegne

See also

References

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