tegn

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢɑjˀn]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną, cognate with English token and German Zeichen. The noun is derived from the verb *tīhaną (“to show, accuse”) (cf. Danish te (“to behave”), German zeihen (“to accuse”)).

Noun

tegn n (singular definite tegnet, plural indefinite tegn)

1. sign
2. token
3. character

Declension

Declension of tegn

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tegn	tegnet	tegn	tegnene
genitive	tegns	tegnets	tegns	tegnenes

Derived terms

• diakritisk tegn

Etymology 2

From Old Danish thæghæn, from Old Norse þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz.

Alternative forms

• thegn

Noun

tegn c (singular definite tegnen, plural indefinite tegne)

1. (historical) a thane

Declension

Declension of tegn

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tegn	tegnen	tegne	tegnene
genitive	tegns	tegnens	tegnes	tegnenes

References

• “tegn” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “tegn” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

tegn

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Etymology

From Old Norse teikn or tákn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną (“sign, token”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

tegn n (definite singular tegnet, indefinite plural tegn, definite plural tegna or tegnene)

1. a sign
2. a character (printed or written letter or symbol)

Derived terms

• divisjonstegn
• kjennetegn
• minustegn
• plusstegn
• skilletegn
• spørsmålstegn
• stjernetegn
• tegnforklaring
• tegnspråk
• utropstegn
• vårtegn

Verb

tegn

1. imperative of tegne

See also

• teikn (Nynorsk)

References

• “tegn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.