Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish fikæ, Old Norse fíkja, ultimately from Latin fīcus (fig fruit, fig tree).

The German dialects have forms with -g-: Middle Low German vīge, German Feige, probably from Old French figue (whence also English fig. The Scandinavian form with -k- (cf. also Swedish fikon and Norwegian Bokmål fiken) may have come over Old English fīc. In Danish -k- becomes -g- regularly between vowels.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfiːən], [ˈfiːin]

Noun

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figen c (singular definite figenen, plural indefinite figner or figener)

  1. fig (fruit)

Declension

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Declension of figen
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative figen figenen figner
figener
fignerne
figenerne
genitive figens figenens figners
figeners
fignernes
figenernes
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References

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West Frisian

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Noun

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figen

  1. plural of fiich