eg

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eg"

English

Adverb

eg (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of e.g.

Anagrams

• GE, ge, gE, Ge

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛχ/

Etymology 1

From Dutch echt.

Adjective

eg (attributive egte, comparative egter, superlative egste)

1. real

Adverb

eg

1. Emphasizes the authenticity of the modified adjective

   Potjiekos is 'n verwysing na 'n eg Suid-Afrikaanse kooktegniek

Etymology 2

From Dutch eg.

Noun

eg (plural êe or egge)

1. (agriculture) harrow

Synonyms

• êe

Etymology 3

From Dutch eggen.

Verb

eg (present eg, present participle eggende, past participle geëg)

1. to harrow; to work the land with a harrow

Alternative forms

• ê
• êe

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːɡ/, [eːˀj]

Noun

eg c (singular definite egen, plural indefinite ege)

1. oak, oak tree (tree or wood)

Inflection

Declension of eg

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

Synonyms

• egetræ

Further reading

• eg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛx/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: eg
• Rhymes: -ɛx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch egge, ultimately from the root of egge (“corner, edge”). Compare German Egge (“harrow”) and German eggen (“to harrow”).

Noun

eg f (plural eggen, diminutive egje n)

1. harrow

Alternative forms

• egge (dated)

Derived terms

• eggen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eg, ê

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

eg

1. inflection of eggen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• ge

Faroese

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/
• Rhymes: -eː
• Homophones: e, E

Pronoun

eg (plural vit, possessive adjectives mín, mítt)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

   Eg eti døgurða.

   I am eating dinner.

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns

Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	eg, jeg	tú	hann	hon	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	meg, mjeg	teg, tjeg		hana
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mær	tær	honum	henni	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	mín	tín	hansara, hans†	hennara, hennar†	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	vit	tit	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	okkum	tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall)			teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	okkara	tykkara	teirra

Synonyms

• jeg (Suðuroy dialect)

Further reading

• "eg" at Sprotin.fo

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

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

Jamaican Creole

Noun

eg (plural eg dem, quantified eg)

1. Alternative spelling of egg

Middle English

Alternative forms

• eeg, egg, egge, egghe, eeg

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Doublet of ey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ/

Noun

eg (plural egges)

1. (chiefly Northern) egg

   Synonym: (more common) ey

Descendants

• English: egg, egge
  • →⇒ German: not the yellow from the egg
  • Jamaican Creole: eg
  • Sranan Tongo: eksi
• Scots: egg
• Yola: egges (plural)

References

• “eg(ge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.

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)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛː(ɡ)/, /eː(ɡ)/
• (Widespread forms) IPA^(key): /eː(ɡ)/, /ɛː(ɡ)/, /æː(ɡ)/, as well as forms based on je or jeg in Eastern areas.
  • (Romsdal/Sunndal/Lesja) IPA^(key): /iː/
  • (Selbu/Lierne) IPA^(key): /iː/
• (Diphthongised forms) IPA^(key): /eiː(ɡ)/, /ɛːɪ/, /ɪɛɡ/
  • (Namdal) IPA^(key): [ɛɪːɡ], [ɛɪːɣ]
  • (Sunnmøre) IPA^(key): [a̝ːi], [ɛːɪ], [eːɪ]
  • (Flå, Horg) IPA^(key): [ɛi]
  • (North-Østerdalen) IPA^(key): [ɛi], [ɛɪ]
    • (Settler dialects in Bardu) IPA^(key): [ɛɪ]
  • (Setesdal) IPA^(key): [i̞eɡ], [ɪɛ̝ɡ̥]

Pronoun

eg (accusative meg)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

person	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	eg, je1	du		han	ho	det, dat2
accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom2	ho, henne2	det, dat2
dative2	meg	deg	seg	honom	henne	di2
genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes1	dess3
case	plural
nominative	me, vi	de, dokker			dei
accusative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		dei, deim2
dative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		deim2
genitive	vår, okkar	dykkar, dokkar	sin		deira, deires1

¹Obsolete. ²Landsmål. ³Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.

Noun

eg n (definite singular eget, uncountable)

1. (metaphysics) I, ego

References

• “eg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːj/

Noun

ēġ f

1. Alternative form of īeġ

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

eg

1. imperative of ega