figen

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish fikæ, Old Norse fíkja, ultimately from Latin fīcus (“fig fruit, fig tree”).

The German dialects have forms with -g-: Middle Low German vīge, German Feige, probably from Old French figue (whence also English fig. The Scandinavian form with -k- (cf. also Swedish fikon and Norwegian Bokmål fiken) may have come over Old English fīc. In Danish -k- becomes -g- regularly between vowels.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiːən], [ˈfiːin]

Noun

figen c (singular definite figenen, plural indefinite figner or figener)

1. fig (fruit)

Declension

Declension of figen

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	figen	figenen	figner figener	fignerne figenerne
genitive	figens	figenens	figners figeners	fignernes figenernes

Related terms

• figentræ

References

• “figen” in Den Danske Ordbog

West Frisian

Noun

figen

1. plural of fiich