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eigen

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See also: eigen- and -eigen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch eigen, from Old Dutch *eigan, past participle of *eigan (to own), from Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛi̯ɣə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ei‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯ɣən

Adjective

eigen (not comparable)

  1. own, private (not shared)
    Na lang sparen heb ik eindelijk een eigen auto.
    After saving up for a long time, I finally have my own car.
  2. characteristic, typical, specific

Declension

More information Declension of, uninflected ...

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: eie
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: egn
  • Jersey Dutch: āixe
  • Negerhollands: eegen, eigen
  • Sranan Tongo: eigi
    • Aukan: eigi
    • Saramaccan: éigi

Anagrams

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German eigen, from Old High German eigan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz, the past participle of Proto-Germanic *aiganą. Cognate with Dutch eigen, English own.

Pronunciation

Adjective

eigen (strong nominative masculine singular eigener or eigner, comparative (rare) eigener or eigner, superlative (rare) am eigensten)

  1. own, peculiar or private to someone, idiosyncratic, proper or proprietary

Usage notes

  • The comparison forms are rather rare and may be considered incorrect by some language users.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • eigen” in Duden online
  • eigen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Manchu

Romanization

eigen

  1. romanization of ᡝᡳᡤᡝᠨ

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *eigan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan.

Verb

eigen

  1. to receive
  2. to be required to have, to be owed
  3. (auxiliary, with te) must, to be obliged to
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Former past participle of the verb.

Adjective

eigen

  1. subordinate, in servitude
  2. owned, belonging (to someone else)
  3. own, of oneself, proper
Inflection
More information singular, plural ...
Alternative forms
Descendants

Further reading

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse eiginn. Akin to English own.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɛɪːʝən/, /²ɛɪːən/, /²ɛɪːɡən/

Adjective

eigen m (feminine eiga, neuter eige, plural eigne)

  1. own (belonging to (determiner))
    Dei har fått seg eige hus no.
    They have gotten their own house now.
  2. special, unique, peculiar
    Det er noko eige over dette.
    There is something special about this.

Derived terms

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English eigen-.

Adjective

eigen (feminine singular eigen, plural eigen, not comparable)

  1. (linear algebra) eigen-, Forms terms pertaining to or related to mathematical objects uaffected by a given linear transformation, except by scalar multiplication.

Derived terms

See also

References

Further reading

  • Delyth Prys; J.P.M. Jones; Owain Davies; Gruffudd Prys (2006), Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian egen, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *aigan. Compare with Dutch eigen, English own.

Adjective

eigen

  1. own

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • eigen”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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