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Eggen

Eggen

See also: eggen

German

Noun

Eggen

  1. plural of Egge

eggen

eggen

See also: Eggen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German egen, *ecken, from Old High German eggen, ekken. The modern consonantism -gg- instead of expected -ck- is most readily explained as Low German as some sources do, but this seems not generally accepted (compare Middle Low German eggen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛgən/

Verb

eggen (third-person singular simple present eggt, past tense eggte, past participle geeggt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to harrow

Conjugation

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Swedish

Noun

eggen

  1. definite singular of egg