See also: ERG and erg.
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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, work).[1] Doublet of ergon and work.

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erg (plural ergs)

  1. A unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a force of one dyne applied through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10−7 joules.
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Etymology 2

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From French erg, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).

 
the Grand Erg Occidental in the Sahara

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erg (plural ergs or areg)

  1. (geomorphology) A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.

Etymology 3

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Shortening.

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erg (plural ergs)

  1. (rowing, slang) An ergometer.

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erg (third-person singular simple present ergs, present participle erging, simple past and past participle erged)

  1. (rowing, slang, transitive, intransitive) To use an ergometer.
    I erg every morning.
    She erged a steady state piece.
    • 2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, page 187:
      What I mean to sy is, the exercise is helping. Although I'm not sure how you erg properly at this stage, Pulling into the sternum would be problematic.

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  1. ^ erg, n.1”, in OED Online  , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).

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erg m (plural ergs)

  1. erg (the unit of work or energy)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French erg.

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erg m (plural ergs)

  1. erg (large desert region)

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch arch, erch, from Old Dutch *arg, from Proto-West Germanic *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz.

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Adjective

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erg (comparative erger, superlative ergst)

  1. serious, considerable, severe
  2. awful, terrible

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Declension of erg
uninflected erg
inflected erge
comparative erger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial erg erger het ergst
het ergste
indefinite m./f. sing. erge ergere ergste
n. sing. erg erger ergste
plural erge ergere ergste
definite erge ergere ergste
partitive ergs ergers

Descendants

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  • Caribbean Javanese: èreg

Adverb

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erg

  1. very
    Het appartement was erg klein.
    The apartment was very small.
  2. much; very much
    Ik haat het zo erg.
    I hate it so much.

French

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).

 
Le Grand Erg Occidental du Sahara

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erg m (plural ergs)

  1. erg (desert region)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, work).

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erg m (plural ergs)

  1. erg (unit of work done)

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Old Norse

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Borrowed from an Old Irish word, probably áirge (milking place) (modern Irish áirí).

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erg n

  1. a word of not entirely certain meaning, roughly shepherd's cottage or hill-pasture

Polish

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).

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erg m inan

  1. (physics) erg (unit of work or energy)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).

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erg m inan

  1. (geomorphology) erg (desert region)
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Further reading

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  • erg in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Borrowed from French erg.

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erg m (plural ergi)

  1. erg

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Spanish

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Borrowed from French erg.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈeɾɡ/ [ˈeɾɣ̞]
  • Rhymes: -eɾɡ
  • Syllabification: erg

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erg m (plural ergs)

  1. (geology, geography) erg

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