eng
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
eng
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Probably from Dutch eng (“narrow”), also compare Old English enge (“narrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *angī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *anguz.
No mention of the word is found in any surviving Middle English text, save for the Middle English compound word ang-nail. Related to Dutch eng (“narrow”), German eng (“narrow”), Low German enj (“confined, narrow”), Luxembourgish enk (“narrow”).
AdjectiveEdit
eng
ReferencesEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Probably created in analogy with other names for nasal consonants em (m) and en (n).
NounEdit
eng (plural engs)
- 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.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
(ŋ):
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *anga, related to Lithuanian angùs (“sluggish, lazy, idle”), éngti (“to strangle”), Latvian îgt (“to wear off, to languish”), and Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃 (aggwus, “narrow”).[1]
AdjectiveEdit
eng m (feminine enge)
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 88
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
eng c (singular definite engen, plural indefinite enge)
- A meadow.
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “eng” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “eng” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch enge, from Old Dutch *engi, from Proto-West Germanic *angī, from Proto-Germanic *anguz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus. Cognate with German eng, from Old High German engi.
AdjectiveEdit
eng (comparative enger, superlative engst)
InflectionEdit
| Inflection of eng | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | eng | |||
| inflected | enge | |||
| comparative | enger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | eng | enger | het engst het engste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | enge | engere | engste |
| n. sing. | eng | enger | engste | |
| plural | enge | engere | engste | |
| definite | enge | engere | engste | |
| partitive | engs | engers | — | |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch enc.
NounEdit
eng m (plural engen)
- Alternative form of enk.
AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German enge, from Old High German engi, from Proto-West Germanic *angī.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
eng (strong nominative masculine singular enger, comparative enger, superlative am engsten)
DeclensionEdit
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist eng | sie ist eng | es ist eng | sie sind eng | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | enger | enge | enges | enge |
| genitive | engen | enger | engen | enger | |
| dative | engem | enger | engem | engen | |
| accusative | engen | enge | enges | enge | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der enge | die enge | das enge | die engen |
| genitive | des engen | der engen | des engen | der engen | |
| dative | dem engen | der engen | dem engen | den engen | |
| accusative | den engen | die enge | das enge | die engen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein enger | eine enge | ein enges | (keine) engen |
| genitive | eines engen | einer engen | eines engen | (keiner) engen | |
| dative | einem engen | einer engen | einem engen | (keinen) engen | |
| accusative | einen engen | eine enge | ein enges | (keine) engen | |
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist enger | sie ist enger | es ist enger | sie sind enger | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | engerer | engere | engeres | engere |
| genitive | engeren | engerer | engeren | engerer | |
| dative | engerem | engerer | engerem | engeren | |
| accusative | engeren | engere | engeres | engere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der engere | die engere | das engere | die engeren |
| genitive | des engeren | der engeren | des engeren | der engeren | |
| dative | dem engeren | der engeren | dem engeren | den engeren | |
| accusative | den engeren | die engere | das engere | die engeren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein engerer | eine engere | ein engeres | (keine) engeren |
| genitive | eines engeren | einer engeren | eines engeren | (keiner) engeren | |
| dative | einem engeren | einer engeren | einem engeren | (keinen) engeren | |
| accusative | einen engeren | eine engere | ein engeres | (keine) engeren | |
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist am engsten | sie ist am engsten | es ist am engsten | sie sind am engsten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | engster | engste | engstes | engste |
| genitive | engsten | engster | engsten | engster | |
| dative | engstem | engster | engstem | engsten | |
| accusative | engsten | engste | engstes | engste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der engste | die engste | das engste | die engsten |
| genitive | des engsten | der engsten | des engsten | der engsten | |
| dative | dem engsten | der engsten | dem engsten | den engsten | |
| accusative | den engsten | die engste | das engste | die engsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein engster | eine engste | ein engstes | (keine) engsten |
| genitive | eines engsten | einer engsten | eines engsten | (keiner) engsten | |
| dative | einem engsten | einer engsten | einem engsten | (keinen) engsten | |
| accusative | einen engsten | eine engste | ein engstes | (keine) engsten | |
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
KosraeanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Oceanic *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin. Compare Tagalog hangin, Malagasy anina, Pohnpeian ahng, Fijian cagi, Tongan angi, Samoan agi, Hawaiian ani.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
eng
LuxembourgishEdit
PronunciationEdit
ArticleEdit
eng f
- Feminine singular indefinite article: a, an
- Si huet zwéin Hënn an eng Kaz.
- She has two dogs and a cat.
- Plural indefinite article: some; only used in wéi eng (“what kind of”), sou eng (“such, this kind of”), and to indicate a vague number before numerals and certain adjectives like ettlech
- Si huet eng fofzéng Kazen.
- She has some fifteen cats.
DeclensionEdit
| Luxembourgish indefinite articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
| nom./acc. | en | eng | en | (eng) | |
| dative | engem | enger | engem | (engen) | |
| Plural forms indicate a vague number (before numerals and certain adjectives). | |||||
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
eng
- Nonstandard spelling of ēng.
- Nonstandard spelling of éng.
- Nonstandard spelling of ěng.
- Nonstandard spelling of èng.
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
eng f or m (definite singular enga or engen, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)
- a meadow
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “eng” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic *angijō.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
eng f (definite singular enga, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)
- a meadow
InflectionEdit
Historical inflection of eng
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ReferencesEdit
- “eng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old FrisianEdit
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
ēng
- Alternative form of ēnich
ReferencesEdit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old NorseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *angijō f.
NounEdit
eng f or n
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- engibúi m
- engidalr m (“meadow-valley”)
- engidómr m
- engilykkja f (“an enclosed piece of meadow”)
- engimark n
- engishǫfn f (“possession of a meadow”)
- engiskiptisbúi m
- engiskipti n (“division of a meadow”)
- engismaðr m (“owner of a meadow”)
- engisprett n (“grasshopper, locust”)
- engiteigr m (“strip of meadow-land”)
- engiverk n (“meadow work”)
- engivǫxtr m (“that which grows upon meadows”)
- engjadómr m
- engjagrasnautn n (“grazing right”)
- engjamerki n (“boundary between meadow-lands”)
- engjaskipti n (“division of a meadow”)
- engjateigr m (“strip of meadow-land”)
- engjavǫxtr m
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
UzbekEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Turkic 𐰭 (ŋ /eŋ/). Cognate with Azerbaijani ən, Kyrgyz эң (eŋ), Turkish en.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | энг (eng) |
| Latin | eng |
| Perso-Arabic | |
eng
WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
eng f (plural engiau)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Ng.
MutationEdit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| èng | unchanged | unchanged | hèng |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||