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See also: Eggen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch eggen. Equivalent to eg + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɣə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: eg‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɛɣən

Verb

eggen

  1. (transitive, agriculture) to harrow

Conjugation

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German egen, *ecken, from Old High German eggen, ekken, ultimately from the root of Ecke (corner, edge).

The modern consonantism -gg- instead of expected -ck- is most readily explained as Low German as some sources do, but this seems not generally accepted (compare Middle Low German eggen).

Pronunciation

Verb

eggen (weak, third-person singular present eggt, past tense eggte, past participle geeggt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to harrow

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • eggen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • eggen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • eggen” in Duden online
  • eggen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Norse eggja, from egg (edge) (cognate to egge).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

eggen (third-person singular simple present eggeth, present participle eggende, eggynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle egged)

  1. To egg on; to encourage or provide motivation.
  2. To lure someone away; to entice.
  3. (rare) To anger; to draw someone's wrath.
  4. (rare) To insult or goad.
Conjugation
More information infinitive, present tense ...

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: egg
  • Scots: egg
References

Etymology 2

Verb

eggen

  1. alternative form of heggen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

eggen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of egg (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

eggen m

  1. definite singular of egg

Swedish

Noun

eggen

  1. definite singular of egg

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