# jeg
## English
### Noun

jeg (plural jegs)
* (machinery) Alternative form of jig

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse ek, Old East Norse jak, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂, *eǵh₂óm.

#### Alternative forms

* a, æ, ja, jæ (dialectal)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jɑ̈(j)]
* Rhymes: -aj

#### Pronoun

jeg (accusative mig, possessive min)
* (personal) I

##### Usage notes

Frequently omitted in informal, written contexts, such as text messaging, memoranda and profiles.

#### See also

| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive |
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | common | neuter | plural |
| Singular | First | – | jeg | mig | min | mit | mine |
| Singular | Second | modern / informal | du | dig | din | dit | dine |
| Singular | Second | formal | De | Dem | Deres | Deres | Deres |
| Singular | Third | masculine (person) | han | ham | hans | hans | hans |
| Singular | Third | feminine (person) | hun | hende | hendes | hendes | hendes |
| Singular | Third | common(noun) | den | den | dens | dens | dens |
| Singular | Third | neuter(noun) | det | det | dets | dets | dets |
| Singular | Third | reflexive | – | sig | sin | sit | sine |
| Plural | First | modern | vi | os | vores | vores | vores |
| Plural | First | archaic / formal | vi | os | vor | vort | vore |
| Plural | Second | – | I | jer | jeres | jeres | jeres |
| Plural | Third | – | de | dem | deres | deres | deres |
| Plural | Third | reflexive | – | sig | deres | deres | deres |

### Etymology 2

From the pronoun. Calque of German Ich (“ego”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjɑj]

#### Noun

jeg n (singular definite jeget, plural indefinite jeger)
* self (an individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)
* (psychology) I, ego
* (literature) first-person narrator

##### Synonyms

* (literature): jegfortæller

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jeː/
* Rhymes: -eː

### Pronoun

jeg
* (Suðuroy) I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

#### Synonyms

* eg (standard Faroese)

## Icelandic
### Pronoun

jeg
* Archaic form of ég.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Danish jeg, from Old Norse ek (Old East Norse jek). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jæɪ̯/
* Audio:(file)
* (Fredrikstad) IPA: (stressed) [jæɪ̯], (unstressed) [jæ]

### Pronoun

jeg
* I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

#### See also

| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive |
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | feminine | masculine | neuter | plural |
| Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
| Singular | Second | general | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine |
| Singular | Second | formal (rare) | De | Dem | Deres | Deres | Deres | Deres |
| Singular | Third | feminine (person) | hun | henne | hennes | hennes | hennes | hennes |
| Singular | Third | masculine (person) | han | ham / han | hans | hans | hans | hans |
| Singular | Third | feminine (noun) | den | den | dens | dens | dens | dens |
| Singular | Third | masculine (noun) | den | den | dens | dens | dens | dens |
| Singular | Third | neuter (noun) | det | det | dets | dets | dets | dets |
| Singular | Third | reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |
| Plural | First | – | vi | oss | vår | vår | vårt | våre |
| Plural | Second | general | dere | dere | deres | deres | deres | deres |
| Plural | Second | formal (very rare) | De | Dem | Deres | Deres | Deres | Deres |
| Plural | Third | general | de | dem | deres | deres | deres | deres |
| Plural | Third | reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |

### References

* “jeg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* jig
* jâg (Moldavia)
* жег (jeg) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жєгъ (žegŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žegъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʒeɡ/
* Rhymes: -eɡ

### Noun

jeg n (plural jeguri)
* dirt, filth
    Synonyms: murdărie, mizerie

#### Derived terms

* jegos