tegn
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną, cognate with English token and German Zeichen. The noun is derived from the verb *tīhaną (“to show, accuse”) (cf. Danish te (“to behave”), German zeihen (“to accuse”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tegn n (singular definite tegnet, plural indefinite tegn)
Inflection edit
Declension of tegn
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “tegn” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse teikn or tákn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną (“sign, token”).
Noun edit
tegn n (definite singular tegnet, indefinite plural tegn, definite plural tegna or tegnene)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
tegn
- imperative of tegne
See also edit
- teikn (Nynorsk)
References edit
- “tegn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.