eng

See also: Eng, ENG, eng., Eng., -eng, ēng, and èng

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɛŋ/

Etymology 1

Probably from Dutch eng (“narrow”), also confer Old English enge (“narrow”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *anguz. No mention of the word is found in any surviving Middle English text, save for the Middle English compound word ang-nail. Related to Dutch eng (“narrow”), German eng (“narrow”), Low German enj (“confined, narrow”), Luxembourgish enk (“narrow”).

Adjective

eng

  1. (regional, obsolete) Narrow.
    The hole was too eng for him to get through.
References

Etymology 2

Noun

eng (plural engs)

  1. Roman alphabet ŋ: The Latin-based letter formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Saami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages. In the IPA, it represents the voiced velar nasal, the ng sound in running and rink.
Synonyms

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *anga, related to Lithuanian angùs (“sluggish, lazy, idle”), éngti (“to strangle”), Latvian îgt (“to wear off, to languish”) and Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃 (aggwus, “narrow”)[1].

Adjective

eng m (feminine enge)

  1. deaf and dumb

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 88

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse eng.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛnɡ/, [ɛŋˀ]

Noun

eng c (singular definite engen, plural indefinite enge)

  1. A meadow.

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *engi, from Proto-Germanic *anguz. Cognate with German eng, from Old High German engi.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ
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  • IPA(key): /ɛŋ/

Adjective

eng (comparative enger, superlative engst)

  1. narrow
  2. small
  3. scary, creepy

Inflection

Inflection of eng
uninflected eng
inflected enge
comparative enger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial eng enger het engst
het engste
indefinite m./f. sing. enge engere engste
n. sing. eng enger engste
plural enge engere engste
definite enge engere engste
partitive engs engers —

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Old High German engi, from Proto-Germanic *anguz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛŋ/
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  • audio (Austria)(file)

Adjective

eng (comparative enger, superlative am engsten)

  1. narrow, tight

Declension

Comparative forms of eng
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist enger sie ist enger es ist enger sie sind enger
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative engerer engere engeres engere
genitive engeren engerer engeren engerer
dative engerem engerer engerem engeren
accusative engeren engere engeres engere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der engere die engere das engere die engeren
genitive des engeren der engeren des engeren der engeren
dative dem engeren der engeren dem engeren den engeren
accusative den engeren die engere das engere die engeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein engerer eine engere ein engeres (keine) engeren
genitive eines engeren einer engeren eines engeren (keiner) engeren
dative einem engeren einer engeren einem engeren (keinen) engeren
accusative einen engeren eine engere ein engeres (keine) engeren

Further reading

  • eng in Duden online

Kosraean

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin. Compare Tagalog hangin, Malagasy anina, Pohnpeian ahng, Fijian cagi, Tongan angi, Samoan agi, Hawaiian ani.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eŋ/

Noun

eng

  1. wind

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æŋ/

Article

eng f

  1. Feminine singular indefinite article; a, an
    Si huet zwéin Hënn an eng Kaz
    She has two dogs and a cat

Declension

Luxembourgish indefinite articles
masculine feminine neuter
nom./acc. en eng en
dative engem enger engem

Mandarin

Romanization

eng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ēng.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse eng

Noun

eng f, m (definite singular enga or engen, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)

  1. a meadow

Hyponyms

  • blomstereng
  • kløvereng

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse eng.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛŋː/

Noun

eng f (definite singular enga, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)

  1. a meadow

References

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