figen
Danish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
figen c (singular definite figenen, plural indefinite figner or figener)
- fig (fruit)
Declension edit
Declension of figen
Related terms edit
References edit
- “figen” in Den Danske Ordbog
West Frisian edit
Noun edit
figen