eg

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English

Adverb

eg (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of e.g.

Anagrams

• GE, ge, gE, Ge

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛχ/

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

• êe

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

• ê
• êe

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːɡ/, [eːˀj]

Noun

eg c (singular definite egen, plural indefinite ege)

1. oak, oak tree (tree or wood)

Inflection

Synonyms

• egetræ

Further reading

• eg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch egge, ultimately from the root of egge (“corner, edge”). Compare German Egge (“harrow”) and German eggen (“to harrow”).

Noun

eg f (plural eggen, diminutive egje n)

1. harrow

Alternative forms

• egge (dated)

Derived terms

• eggen

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. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• ge

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/
• Rhymes: -eː
• Homophones: e, E

Pronoun

eg (plural vit, possessive adjectives mín, mítt)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

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

• eeg, egg, egge, egghe, eeg

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ/

Noun

eg (plural egges)

1. (chiefly Northern) egg

   Synonym: (more common) ey

Descendants

• English: egg, egge
  • →⇒ German: not the yellow from the egg
  • Jamaican Creole: eg
  • Sranan Tongo: eksi
• Scots: egg
• Yola: egges (plural)

References

• “eg(ge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.

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/
  • (Namdal) IPA^(key): [ɛɪːɡ], [ɛɪːɣ]
  • (Sunnmøre) IPA^(key): [a̝ːi], [ɛːɪ], [eːɪ]
  • (Flå, Horg) IPA^(key): [ɛi]
  • (North-Østerdalen) IPA^(key): [ɛi], [ɛɪ]
    • (Settler dialects in Bardu) IPA^(key): [ɛɪ]
  • (Setesdal) IPA^(key): [i̞eɡ], [ɪɛ̝ɡ̥]

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

• “eg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːj/

Noun

ēġ f

1. Alternative form of īeġ

Pumpokol

Etymology

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

Noun

eg

1. God

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

eg

1. imperative of ega