eier

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See also: Eier, éier, and Éier

Afrikaans

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Back-formation from eiers, a dialectal Dutch plural form of ei (egg). Compare similar back-formations in Afrikaans: hoender, blaar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈəiər/, [ˈəɪ̯.jər]
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Noun

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eier (plural eiers)

  1. egg

German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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eier

  1. inflection of eiern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From eie +‎ -er.

Noun

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eier m (definite singular eieren, indefinite plural eiere, definite plural eierne)

  1. an owner
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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eier

  1. present tense of eie

See also

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References

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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German euer, English your.

Determiner

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eier

  1. (possessive) your (plural)

Declension

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Declension of eier
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative eier eier eier eier
dative eierem eierer eierem eiere
accusative eier eier eier eier