eng

See also ēng, eng., ENG, and Appendix:ISO 639-3 language codes

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɛŋ/, X-SAMPA: /EN/

Noun

eng (plural engs)

1. Roman alphabet ŋ: The Latin-based letter formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Saami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages. In the IPA, it represents the voiced velar nasal, the ng sound in running and rink.

Synonyms

• (ŋ): engma

Anagrams

• gen, Gen, Gen.
• neg

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Albanian

Adjective

eng m (feminine enge)

1. deaf and dumb

Related terms

• ang

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse eng.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛnɡ/, [ɛŋˀ]

Noun

eng c (singular definite engen, plural indefinite enge)

1. meadow

Inflection

    Inflection of eng

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	eng	engen	enge	engene
genitive	engs	engens	enges	engenes

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *engi, from Proto-Germanic *anguz. Cognate with German eng, from Old High German engi.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /ɛŋ/

Adjective

eng (comparative enger, superlative engst)

1. narrow
2. small
3. scary, creepy

Declension

Declension of eng

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		eng	enger
neuter singular	indefinite	eng	enger
	definite	enge	engere	engste	engst, engste
common singular		enge	engere	engste	engste
plural		enge	engere	engste	engste
partitive		engs	engers

Anagrams

• gen

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German

Etymology

From Old High German engi.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛŋ/

• audio (Germany)

  (file)

• audio (Austria)

  (file)

Adjective

eng (comparative enger, superlative am engsten)

1. narrow, tight

Related terms

• Angst
• enganliegend
• engbefreundet
• Enge
• engen
• Engheit
• engherzig
• Engelaut
• Engpaß
• engsichtig

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Luxembourgish

Article

eng

1. Feminine singular indefinite article; a, an

   Si huet zwéin Hënn an eng Kaz

   She has two dogs and a cat

Declension

Luxembourgish indefinite articles
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom./acc.	en	eng	en
dative	engem	enger	engem

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Mandarin

Romanization

eng

1. Nonstandard spelling of ēng.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse eng

Noun

eng f, m (definite singular enga/engen; indefinite plural enger; definite plural engene)

1. meadow

Hyponyms

• blomstereng
• kløvereng

References

• “eng” in The Bokmål Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.