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
Declension of eg
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eg egen ege egene
genitive egs egens eges egenes

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
Faroese personal pronouns
Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) eg, jeg tú hann hon tað
Accusative (hvønnfall) meg, mjeg teg, tjeg hana
Dative (hvørjumfall) mær tær honum henni tí
Genitive (hvørsfall) mín tín hansara, hans† hennara, hennar† tess
Plural (fleirtal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) vit tit teir tær tey
Accusative (hvønnfall) okkum tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall) teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall) okkara tykkara teirra

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
      Icelandic personal pronouns
    Icelandic personal pronouns
    singular first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
    nominative ég, eg†, ek† þú hann hún, hon†, hón† það, þat†
    accusative mig, mik† þig, þik† hann hana það, þat†
    dative mér þér honum, hánum† henni því
    genitive mín þín hans hennar þess
    plural first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
    nominative við þið, þit† þeir þær þau
    accusative okkur ykkur þá þær þau
    dative okkur ykkur þeim þeim þeim
    genitive okkar ykkar þeirra þeirra þeirra

    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
        Personal pronouns in Nynorsk
    Nominative Objective case Genitive/Possessive pronoun
    Singular
    First person eg, je1 meg min, mi, mitt, mine
    Second person du deg din, di, ditt, dine
    Third person m han han, honom2 hans
    Third person f ho ho, henne hennar, hennes1
    Third person n det, dat3 det, dat3 dess 4
    Plural
    First person me, vi oss vår m
    Second person de, dokker dykk, dokker dykkar, dokkar
    Third person dei dei, deim2 deira, deires1
    Notes
    1No longer part of the official written norm. These non-traditional forms were added to the norm to either approach the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects.
    2Traditional forms that are no longer part of the official written norm. Now primarily used in Høgnorsk texts.
    3Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm.
    4Rare or literary

    References

    Old English

    Noun

    ēġ f

    1. Alternative form of īeġ

    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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