Easter Egg
See also: easter egg and Easter egg
German edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Easter egg.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
Easter Egg n (strong, genitive Easter Eggs, plural Easter Eggs)
- (proscribed, computing) Alternative spelling of Easteregg
- 2013 April 19, Michael Brake, “Video der Woche: Tausend tanzende Mauszeiger”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[2], →ISSN:
- Gebaut wurde das alles von Roul Wouters und seinem Designstudio Moniker aus Amsterdam, […] das als Easter Egg in der browsereigenen JavaScript-Konsole noch ein wenig Making-of-Erklärungen versteckt hat.
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Usage notes edit
- The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of two nouns be written solid (Easteregg) or, if it improves legibility, hyphenated (Easter-Egg). The spaced spelling (Easter Egg) is proscribed.[1]
Declension edit
Declension of Easter Egg [neuter, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Easter Egg | die | Easter Eggs |
| genitive | eines | des | Easter Eggs | der | Easter Eggs |
| dative | einem | dem | Easter Egg | den | Easter Eggs |
| accusative | ein | das | Easter Egg | die | Easter Eggs |
References edit
- ^ “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden[1] (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2023-01-20