[go: up one dir, main page]

See also: jég

English

edit

Noun

edit

jeg (plural jegs)

  1. (machinery) Alternative form of jig

Danish

edit

Etymology 1

edit

From Old Norse ek, Old East Norse jak, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik (I), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂, *eǵh₂óm.

Alternative forms

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Pronoun

edit

jeg (accusative mig, possessive min)

  1. (personal) I
Usage notes
edit

Frequently omitted in informal, written contexts, such as text messaging, memoranda and profiles.

See also

edit

Etymology 2

edit

From the pronoun. Calque of German Ich (ego).

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

jeg n (singular definite jeget, plural indefinite jeger)

  1. self (an individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)
  2. (psychology) I, ego
  3. (literature) first-person narrator
Inflection
edit
Synonyms
edit

Faroese

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Pronoun

edit

jeg

  1. (Suðuroy) I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

Synonyms

edit
  • eg (standard Faroese)

Icelandic

edit

Pronoun

edit

jeg

  1. Archaic form of ég.

Norwegian Bokmål

edit

Etymology

edit

From Danish jeg, from Old Norse ek (Old East Norse jek). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /jæɪ̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • (Fredrikstad) IPA(key): (stressed) [jæɪ̯], (unstressed) [jæ]

Pronoun

edit

jeg

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

edit

References

edit

Romanian

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жєгъ (žegŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žegъ.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

jeg n (plural jeguri)

  1. dirt, filth
    Synonyms: murdărie, mizerie

Declension

edit

Derived terms

edit