eg

eg (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of e.g.

• GE, ge, gE, Ge

• IPA^(key): /ɛχ/

From Dutch echt.

eg (attributive egte, comparative egter, superlative egste)

1. real

eg

1. Emphasizes the authenticity of the modified adjective

   Potjiekos is 'n verwysing na 'n eg Suid-Afrikaanse kooktegniek

From Dutch eg.

eg (plural êe or egge)

1. (agriculture) harrow

• êe

From Dutch eggen.

eg (present eg, present participle eggende, past participle geëg)

1. to harrow; to work the land with a harrow

• ê
• êe

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

• IPA^(key): /eːɡ/, [eːˀj]

eg c (singular definite egen, plural indefinite ege)

1. oak, oak tree (tree or wood)

• egetræ

• eg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• IPA^(key): /ɛx/

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• Hyphenation: eg
• Rhymes: -ɛx

From Middle Dutch egge, ultimately from the root of egge (“corner, edge”). Compare German Egge (“harrow”) and German eggen (“to harrow”).

eg f (plural eggen, diminutive egje n)

1. harrow

• egge (dated)

• eggen

• Afrikaans: eg, ê

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

eg

1. inflection of eggen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• ge

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek (whence also Old English iċ, Old High German ih), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

• IPA^(key): /eː/
• Rhymes: -eː
• Homophones: e, E

eg (plural vit, possessive adjectives mín, mítt)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

   Eg eti døgurða.

   I am eating dinner.

• jeg (Suðuroy dialect)

• "eg" at Sprotin.fo

• ek (very archaic)
• ég (modern)

From older Icelandic ek, from Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare with Faroese eg, Norn eg and Norwegian Nynorsk eg.

eg

1. (poetic, archaic) I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

eg (plural eg dem, quantified eg)

1. Alternative spelling of egg

• eeg, egg, egge, egghe, eeg

Borrowed from Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Doublet of ey.

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ/

eg (plural egges)

1. (chiefly Northern) egg

   Synonym: (more common) ey

• English: egg, egge
  • →⇒ German: not the yellow from the egg
  • Jamaican Creole: eg
  • Sranan Tongo: eksi
• Scots: egg
• Yola: egges (plural)

• “eg(ge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

eg

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to English I.

• IPA^(key): /ɛː(ɡ)/, /eː(ɡ)/
• (Widespread forms) IPA^(key): /eː(ɡ)/, /ɛː(ɡ)/, /æː(ɡ)/, as well as forms based on je or jeg in Eastern areas.
  • (Romsdal/Sunndal/Lesja) IPA^(key): /iː/
  • (Selbu/Lierne) IPA^(key): /iː/
• (Diphthongised forms) IPA^(key): /eiː(ɡ)/, /ɛːɪ/, /ɪɛɡ/
  • (Namdal) IPA^(key): [ɛɪːɡ], [ɛɪːɣ]
  • (Sunnmøre) IPA^(key): [a̝ːi], [ɛːɪ], [eːɪ]
  • (Flå, Horg) IPA^(key): [ɛi]
  • (North-Østerdalen) IPA^(key): [ɛi], [ɛɪ]
    • (Settler dialects in Bardu) IPA^(key): [ɛɪ]
  • (Setesdal) IPA^(key): [i̞eɡ], [ɪɛ̝ɡ̥]

eg (accusative meg)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

eg n (definite singular eget, uncountable)

1. (metaphysics) I, ego

• “eg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /eːj/

ēġ f

1. Alternative form of īeġ

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔes. Compare Kott ēš, Arin es, eš. Also from the same root is Pumpokol eč (“sky”).

eg

1. God

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eg

1. imperative of ega