Easteregg

German

Alternative forms

• Easter Egg (proscribed but more common)
• Easter-Egg

Etymology

Borrowed from English Easter egg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiːstɐˌʔɛk]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Eas‧ter‧egg

Noun

Easteregg n (strong, genitive Eastereggs, plural Eastereggs)

1. (computing) Easter egg

Usage notes

• The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of two nouns be written solid (Easteregg) or, if it improves legibility, hyphenated (Easter-Egg). The spaced spelling (Easter Egg) is proscribed.

Declension

Declension of Easteregg [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Easteregg	die	Eastereggs
genitive	eines	des	Eastereggs	der	Eastereggs
dative	einem	dem	Easteregg	den	Eastereggs
accusative	ein	das	Easteregg	die	Eastereggs

Further reading

• Easter Egg on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Easteregg” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon