# eng
## Translingual
### Symbol

eng
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for English.

## English
### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ɛŋ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛŋ

### Etymology 1

Probably from Dutch eng (“narrow”), also compare Old English enge (“narrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *angī, 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”).

#### Adjective

eng
* (regional, obsolete) Narrow.
    The hole was too eng for him to get through.

##### References

* The Dictionary of the Scots Language
* The Middle English Dictionary
* bosworthtoller.com

### Etymology 2

Probably created in analogy with other names for nasal consonants em (m) and en (n).

#### Noun

eng (plural engs)
* Roman alphabet ŋ: The Latin-based letter formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Saami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages. In the IPA, it represents the voiced velar nasal, the ng sound in running and rink. .

##### Synonyms

* agma
* (ŋ): engma

##### Derived terms

(ŋ):
* feng
* heng

### Anagrams

* Neg, -gen, neg, GEN, /neg, gen, gen., neg., NGE, /gen, Gen, NEG, Gen.

## 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”).

### Adjective

eng (feminine enge)
* deaf and dumb

#### Synonyms

* shtemët

#### Related terms

* ang

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 88

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse eng.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛnɡ/, [ɛŋˀ]

### Noun

eng c (singular definite engen, plural indefinite enge)
* A meadow.

#### Derived terms

* blomstereng
* engareal
* engdrag
* engkarse
* græseng
* marskeng
* strandeng

### References

* “eng” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “eng” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛŋ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: eng
* Rhymes: -ɛŋ
* Homophone: Eng

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch enge, from Old Dutch *engi, from Proto-West Germanic *angī, from Proto-Germanic *anguz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus. Cognate with German eng, from Old High German engi.

#### Adjective

eng (comparative enger, superlative engst)
* scary, creepy
* narrow
* small

##### Derived terms

* doodeng
* engerd
* engheid
* engnek
* engte

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: eng
* →? English: eng

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch enc.

#### Noun

eng m (plural engen)
* Alternative form of enk

### Anagrams

* gen

## German
### Alternative forms

* enge (archaic, as a byform until earlier 20th c.)

### Etymology

From Middle High German enge, from Old High German engi, from Proto-West Germanic *angī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛŋ/
* Audio (Berlin):(file)
* Audio (Germany):(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)

### Adjective

eng (strong nominative masculine singular enger, comparative enger, superlative am engsten)
* narrow, tight
    enge Hosen ― tight trousers
* (of relationships) close
    enge Freunde ― close friends

#### Related terms

* Angst
* enganliegend
* engbefreundet
* Enge
* engen
* Engheit
* engherzig
* Engelaut
* Engpass
* engsichtig

### Further reading

* “eng” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “eng” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “eng” in Duden online

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈʔəŋ/ [ˈʔɨŋ]
* Rhymes: -əŋ
* Syllabification: eng

### Noun

ëng (plural ëëng)
* nose
* (Bauko, Kapangan) human nose

#### Synonyms

Southern / Central :
| Benguet | Mankayan | eng |
| Benguet | Bakun | eng, ing |
| Benguet | Kapangan | eng (human) songsong (animal) |
| Benguet | Kibungan | eng, ing |
| Benguet | Buguias | eleng |
| Mt. Province | Bauko | eng (human) tupek, songod (animal) |
| Northern / Applai |||
| Mt. Province | parts of Tadian | eng |
| Mt. Province | parts of Bauko | eng (human) tupek, songod (animal) |
| Mt. Province | Sagada | eng |
| Mt. Province | Besao | eng |
| Mt. Province | parts of Sabangan | eng |

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1982) “Kankanay Anatomy: A Lexicon”, in Asian Folklore Studies‎, volume 41, number 1 (overall work in English and Kankanaey), Nanzan University, →DOI, page 84

## 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: /eŋ/

### Noun

eng
* wind

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /æŋ/

### Article

eng f
* Feminine singular indefinite article: a, an
    Si huet zwéin Hënn an eng Kaz.She has two dogs and a cat.
* Plural indefinite article: some; only used in wéi eng (“what kind of”), sou eng (“such, this kind of”), and to indicate a vague number before numerals and certain adjectives like ettlech
    Si huet eng fofzéng Kazen.She has some fifteen cats.

#### Declension

Plural forms indicate a vague number (before numerals and certain adjectives).

## Mandarin
### Romanization

eng
* Nonstandard spelling of ēng.
* Nonstandard spelling of éng.
* Nonstandard spelling of ěng.
* Nonstandard spelling of èng.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Mokilese
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *aŋin (“wind”), from Proto-Austronesian *haŋin (“wind”)

### Noun

eng
* wind

#### Derived terms

* ukeng

#### References

* Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse eng.

### Noun

eng f or m (definite singular enga or engen, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)
* a meadow

#### Derived terms

* blomstereng
* kløvereng
* slåtteeng

### References

* “eng” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic *angijō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛŋː/

### Noun

eng f (definite singular enga, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)
* a meadow

#### Inflection

* Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
* Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
* Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
* $^1$Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

### References

* “eng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeːŋ/, [ˈɛːŋ]

### Determiner

ēng
* Alternative form of ēnich

#### References

* Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

## Old Norse
### Alternative forms

* engi

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *angijō f.

### Noun

eng f or n
* meadow

#### 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

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: eng f, engi n
* Faroese: ong f
* Norwegian Nynorsk: eng f, enge n
* Norwegian Bokmål: eng f
* Old Swedish: æng, ænge
** Swedish: äng c
* Danish: eng c
** Norwegian Bokmål: eng m

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “eng1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “eng2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Swedish
### Noun

eng c
* Archaic spelling of äng (“meadow”).

### See also

* eng. (“English”)

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰭 (ŋ /⁠eŋ⁠/), Kazakh ең (eñ), Azerbaijani ən, Kyrgyz эң (eŋ), Turkish en, and Turkmen iň.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eŋ/

### Adverb

eng
* the most ..., the ...-est (marks the superlative degree of adjectives)
    eng so'nggi yangiliklarthe latest news

## Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* (Northern Vietnam, South Vietnam) anh

### Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔɛːŋ.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɛŋ˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɛŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɛŋ˧˧]

### Noun

eng
* (North Central Vietnam) elder brother
    Antonyms: tam, ún
    eng ả tam ― brothers and sisters

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛŋ/

### Noun

eng f (plural engiau)
* The name of the Latin-script letter Ng/ng.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd