Translingual

Symbol

Eg

1. (metrology) Symbol for the exagram, an SI unit of mass equal to 10¹⁸ grams.

English

Adverb

eg ‎(not comparable)

1. Alternative form of e.g.

Anagrams

• Ge, gE, GE

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch eg.

Noun

eg ‎(plural êe or egge)

1. (agriculture) harrow

Synonyms

• êe

Etymology 2

From Dutch eggen.

Alternative forms

• ê
• êe

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

Synonyms

• egetræ

Dutch

Pronunciation

• 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

• ge

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/
• Rhymes: -eː
• Homophones: e, E

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.

Pronoun

eg ‎(plural vit, possessive adjectives mín, mítt)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

   Eg eti døgurða.‎

   I am eating dinner.

Declension

Synonyms

• jeg (Suðuroy dialect)

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

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-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

eg ‎(accusative meg)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

References

• “eg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

See also

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