eg

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eg"

English

Adverb

eg (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of e.g.

Anagrams

Acehnese

Verb

eg

  1. to sleep

References

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch eg.

Noun

eg (plural êe or egge)

  1. (agriculture) harrow
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Dutch eggen.

Alternative forms

Verb

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

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

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːɡ/, [eːˀj]

Noun

eg c (singular definite egen, plural indefinite ege)

  1. oak, oak tree (tree or wood)

Inflection

Synonyms

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛx

Noun

eg f (plural eggen, diminutive egje n)

  1. harrow

Verb

eg

  1. first-person singular present indicative of eggen
  2. imperative of eggen

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

eg (plural vit, possessive adjectives mín, mítt)

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
    Eg eti døgurða.
    I am eating dinner.

Declension

Synonyms

  • jeg (Suðuroy dialect)

References

    • í Skála, Anfinnur; Mikkelsen, Jonhard (2007), “eg”, in Føroysk-ensk orðabók. Faroese-English Dictionary, Vestmanna: Sprotin

    Icelandic

    Alternative forms

    • ek (very archaic)
    • ég (modern)

    Etymology

    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.

    Pronoun

    eg

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

    See also

    Jamaican Creole

    Etymology

    From English egg.

    Noun

    eg

    1. egg

    Norn

    Etymology

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

    Pronoun

    eg

    1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /eːɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

    Pronoun

    eg (accusative meg)

    1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

    See also

    References

    Pumpokol

    Etymology

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

    Noun

    eg

    1. God
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