eg

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English

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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, true
2. genuine, authentic

Adverb

eg

1. (usually before an adjective) genuinely, authentically

   Potjiekos verwys na ’n eg Suid-Afrikaanse kooktegniek.

   Potjiekos refers to an authentically South African cooking technique.

Usage notes

• Unlike Dutch, the adverb is not commonly used in the sense of “really, actually”, for which Afrikaans regtig, werklik.

Etymology 2

From Dutch eg (noun) and eggen (denominal verb).

Alternative forms

• (noun) ê, (verb) êe

Noun

eg (plural êe or egge)

1. (agriculture) harrow

Verb

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

1. to harrow (work the land with a harrow)

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

Declension of eg

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eg	egen	ege	egene
genitive	egs	egens	eges	egenes

Synonyms

• egetræ

Further reading

• eg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛx/

• Audio:

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• 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 *eǵh₂óm.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

eg (plural vit, possessive adjectives mín, mítt)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

   Eg eti døgurða.

   I am eating dinner.

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		eg, jeg	meg, mjeg	mær	mín
	2nd person		tú	teg, tjeg	tær	tín
	3rd person	m	hann		honum	hansara, hans†
		f	hon	hana	henni	hennara, hennar†
		n	tað		tí	tess
plural	1st person		vit	okkum		okkara
	2nd person		tit	tykkum		tykkara
	3rd person	m	teir		teimum, teim†	teirra
		f	tær
		n	tey

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 *eǵh₂óm. Compare with Faroese eg, Norn eg and Norwegian Nynorsk eg.

Pronoun

eg

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

See also

Icelandic personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	third person
			masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ég, eg, ek†	þú	hann	hún, hon†, hón†	það, þat†
accusative	mig, mik†	þig, þik†	hann	hana	það, þat†
dative	mér	þér	honum, hánum†	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	hans	hennar	þess
plural	first person	second person	third person
			masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	við	þið, þit†	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	okkur	ykkur	þá	þær	þau
dative	okkur	ykkur	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	okkar	ykkar	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

^† Archaic. See also honorific pronouns.

Jamaican Creole

Noun

eg (plural eg dem, quantified eg)

1. alternative spelling of egg

Middle English

Alternative forms

• eeg, egg, egge, egghe

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 5 August 2018.

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm.

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 *eǵh₂óm. 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

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

		first person	second person	reflexive	third person
					masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	nominative	eg, je1	du	—	han	ho	det, dat2
	accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom2	ho, henne2	det, dat2
	dative2	meg	deg	seg	honom	henne	di2
	genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes1	dess3
plural	nominative	me, vi	de, dokker	—	dei
	accusative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg	dei, deim2
	dative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg	deim2
	genitive	vår, okkar	dykkar, dokkar	sin	deira, deires1

¹Obsolete. ²Landsmål. ³Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.

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

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ejVŋ (“eggs”).

Noun

eg (Kl.)

1. (anatomy) eggs

Further reading

• Werner, Heinrich (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 181

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

eg

1. imperative of ega