Egge
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as op die eygen in 1470. Derived from Middle Dutch eigen (“personally owned land”). The current neighbourhood was named after a home for bachelors that had in turn taken its name from a piece of land.
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Proper noun edit
Egge n
- A neighbourhood of Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands.
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German edit
Etymology edit
Derived in early modern German from the verb eggen, possibly under influence of ecke, also egge (“corner; sharp edge; blade”), whence contemporary Ecke (“corner”). The older Middle High German egede from Old High German egida is only continued dialectally (early modern German eide). The same development in Dutch eg.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Egge f (genitive Egge, plural Eggen)
Declension edit
Declension of Egge [feminine]