eg

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Adverb

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eg (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of e.g.

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch echt.

Adjective

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eg (attributive egte, comparative egter, superlative egste)

  1. real

Adverb

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eg

  1. Emphasizes the authenticity of the modified adjective
    Potjiekos is 'n verwysing na 'n eg Suid-Afrikaanse kooktegniek

Etymology 2

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From Dutch eg.

Noun

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eg (plural êe or egge)

  1. (agriculture) harrow
Synonyms
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Etymology 3

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From Dutch eggen.

Verb

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eg (present eg, present participle eggende, past participle geëg)

  1. to harrow; to work the land with a harrow
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Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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eg c (singular definite egen, plural indefinite ege)

  1. oak, oak tree (tree or wood)

Inflection

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Further reading

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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eg f (plural eggen, diminutive egje n)

  1. harrow
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: eg, ê

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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eg

  1. inflection of eggen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

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Faroese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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eg (plural vit, possessive adjectives mín, mítt)

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
    Eg eti døgurða.
    I am eating dinner.

Declension

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Synonyms

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  • jeg (Suðuroy dialect)

Further reading

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  • "eg" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

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Alternative forms

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  • ek (very archaic)
  • ég (modern)

Etymology

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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

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eg

  1. (poetic, archaic) I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

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Jamaican Creole

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Noun

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eg (plural eg dem, quantified eg)

  1. Alternative spelling of egg

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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eg (plural egges)

  1. (chiefly Northern) egg
    Synonym: (more common) ey

Descendants

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References

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Norn

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

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eg

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to English I.

Pronunciation

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  • 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/

Pronoun

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eg (accusative meg)

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

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Noun

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eg n (definite singular eget, uncountable)

  1. (metaphysics) I, ego

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ēġ f

  1. Alternative form of īeġ

Pumpokol

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Etymology

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

Noun

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eg

  1. God

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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eg

  1. imperative of ega