eng
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”).
Noun
eng (plural engs)
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].
Related terms
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 88
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛnɡ/, [ɛŋˀ]
Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *engi, from Proto-Germanic *anguz. Cognate with German eng, from Old High German engi.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛŋ
audio (file) - IPA(key): /ɛŋ/
German
Etymology
From Old High German engi, from Proto-Germanic *anguz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛŋ/
audio (Germany) (file) audio (Austria) (file)
Declension
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist eng | sie ist eng | es ist eng | sie sind eng | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | enger | enge | enges | enge |
genitive | engen | enger | engen | enger | |
dative | engem | enger | engem | engen | |
accusative | engen | enge | enges | enge | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der enge | die enge | das enge | die engen |
genitive | des engen | der engen | des engen | der engen | |
dative | dem engen | der engen | dem engen | den engen | |
accusative | den engen | die enge | das enge | die engen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein enger | eine enge | ein enges | (keine) engen |
genitive | eines engen | einer engen | eines engen | (keiner) engen | |
dative | einem engen | einer engen | einem engen | (keinen) engen | |
accusative | einen engen | eine enge | ein enges | (keine) engen |
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 |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am engsten | sie ist am engsten | es ist am engsten | sie sind am engsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | engster | engste | engstes | engste |
genitive | engsten | engster | engsten | engster | |
dative | engstem | engster | engstem | engsten | |
accusative | engsten | engste | engstes | engste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der engste | die engste | das engste | die engsten |
genitive | des engsten | der engsten | des engsten | der engsten | |
dative | dem engsten | der engsten | dem engsten | den engsten | |
accusative | den engsten | die engste | das engste | die engsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein engster | eine engste | ein engstes | (keine) engsten |
genitive | eines engsten | einer engsten | eines engsten | (keiner) engsten | |
dative | einem engsten | einer engsten | einem engsten | (keinen) engsten | |
accusative | einen engsten | eine engste | ein engstes | (keine) engsten |
Related terms
- Angst
- enganliegend
- engbefreundet
- Enge
- engen
- Engheit
- engherzig
- Engelaut
- Engpaß
- engsichtig
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/
Mandarin
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
Noun
eng f or m (definite singular enga or engen, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)
- a meadow
Derived terms
- blomstereng
- kløvereng
- slåtteeng
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛŋː/
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *angijō f.
Declension
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | eng | engin | engjar | engjarnar |
accusative | eng | engina | engjar | engjarnar |
dative | eng | enginni | engjum | engjunum |
genitive | engjar | engjarinnar | engja | engjanna |
Derived terms
- engibúi m
- engidalr m (“meadow-valley”)
- engidómr m
- engilykkja f (“an enclosed piece of meadow”)
- engimark n
- engishǫfn f (“possession of a meadow”)
- engiskipti n (“division of a meadow”)
- engiskiptisbúi m
- engismaðr m (“owner of a meadow”)
- engisprett n (“grasshopper, locust”)
- engiteigr m (“strip of meadow-land”)
- engiverk n (“meadow work”)
- engivǫxtr m (“that which grows upon meadows”)
- engjadómr m
- engjagrasnautn n (“grazing right”)
- engjamerki n (“boundary between meadow-lands”)
- engjaskipti n (“division of a meadow”)
- engjateigr m (“strip of meadow-land”)
- engjavǫxtr m