eg

See also Appendix:Variations of "eg"

English

Wikipedia

Adverb

eg (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of e.g..

Anagrams

• Ge, gE, GE

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eiǵ- (“oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /eːɡ/, [eːˀj]

Noun

eg c (singular definite egen, plural indefinite ege)

1. oak, oak tree (tree or wood)

Inflection

    Inflection of eg

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	eg	egen	ege	egene
genitive	egs	egens	eges	egenes

Synonyms

• egetræ

External links

• Eg on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛx

Noun

eg f (plural eggen, diminutive egje)

1. harrow

Verb

eg

1. first-person singular present indicative of eggen
2. imperative of eggen

Anagrams

• ge

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: [eː]

Etymology

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek (whence also Old English iċ, Old High German ih), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

eg (plural vit; possessive adjectives mín, mítt)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

   Eg eti døgurða — I am eating dinner.

Declension

Personal pronouns - Persónsfornøvn
Singular (eintal)	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative (hvørfall)	eg	tú	hann	hon	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	meg	teg		hana
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mær	tær	honum	henni	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	mín	tín	hansara	hennara	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative (hvørfall)	vit	tit	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	okkum	tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall)			teimum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	okkara	tykkara	teirra

Synonyms

• jeg (Suðuroy dialect)

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Icelandic

Alternative forms

• ek (very archaic)
• ég (modern)

Etymology

From older Icelandic ek, from Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare with Faroese eg, Norn eg and Norwegian Nynorsk eg.

Pronoun

eg (personal pronoun)

1. (poetic, archaic) I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

  Icelandic personal pronouns

Icelandic personal pronouns
singular	first person	second person	third person masculine	third person feminine	third person neuter
nominative	ég, eg†, ek†	þú	hann	hún, hon†, hón†	það, þat†
accusative	mig, mik†	þig, þik†	hann	hana	það, þat†
dative	mér	þér	honum, hánum†	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	hans	hennar	þess
plural	first person	second person	third person masculine	third person feminine	third person neuter
nominative	við	þið, þit†	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	okkur	ykkur	þá	þær	þau
dative	okkur	ykkur	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	okkar	ykkar	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

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Jamaican Creole

Noun

eg

1. egg

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Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

eg

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /eːɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

eg (accusative meg)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

References

• “eg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

See also

    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk

	Nominative	Objective case	Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person	eg	meg	min m
Second person	du	deg	din m
Third person m	han	han, honom3	hans
Third person f	ho	ho, henne	hennar, hennes4
Third person n	det, dat1	det, dat1	dess 2
Plural
First person	me, vi	oss	vår m
Second person	de, dokker	dykk, dokker	dykkar, dokkar, deires4
Third person	dei	dei, deim3	deira
Notes
1Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm.
2Rare or literary
3No longer part of the official written norm. Now primarily used in Høgnorsk texts.
4No longer part of the official written norm. These non-traditional forms were added to the norm to either approach the the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects.

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Pumpokol

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔes. Compare Kott ēš, Arin es,eš. Also from the same root is Pumpokol eč "sky".

Noun

eg

1. God