æg

See also: äg, æg-, aeg, Appendix:Variations of "ag", and Appendix:Variations of "eg"

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛːɡ/, [ɛːˀɡ̊], [ɛjˀ], [ɛwˀ]
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Etymology 1

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Noun

æg n (singular definite ægget, plural indefinite æg)

  1. egg
Inflection
Declension of æg
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative æg ægget æg æggene
genitive ægs æggets ægs æggenes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse egg (“edge”), from Proto-Germanic *agjō (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

æg c (singular definite æggen, plural indefinite ægge)

  1. edge of a blade
Declension
Declension of æg
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative æg æggen ægge æggene
genitive ægs æggens ægges æggenes

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ajjaz, West Germanic variant of *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Compare Old Saxon and Old High German ei, Old Norse egg (whence modern English egg was borrowed).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /æːj/

Noun

æġ n (nominative plural æġru)

  1. egg
    ġebrǣded ǣġ
    fried egg
    hearde ġesoden ǣġ
    hard-boiled egg
    sēfte ġesoden ǣġ
    soft-boiled egg
    ǣġes hwīt
    egg white

Declension
Declension of æg
Case Singular Plural
nominative ǣġ ǣġru
accusative ǣġ ǣġru
genitive ǣġes ǣġra
dative ǣġe ǣġrum

Derived terms
  • ǣġerġeolu
  • ǣġlīm
  • ǣġsċiell
  • ǣġwyrt

Descendants

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją.

Noun

æg n

  1. egg

Declension
Declension of æg (ja-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative æg æggit æg æggin
accusative æg æggit æg æggin
dative æggi æggino æggiom æggionom
genitive ægs ægsins æggia æggianna

Descendants
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