# eg
## English
### Adverb

eg (not comparable)
* Alternative form of e.g.

### Anagrams

* GE, ge, gE, Ge

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛχ/

### Etymology 1

From Dutch echt.

#### Adjective

eg (attributive egte, comparative egter, superlative egste)
* real

#### Adverb

eg
* Emphasizes the authenticity of the modified adjective
    Potjiekos is 'n verwysing na 'n eg Suid-Afrikaanse kooktegniek

### Etymology 2

From Dutch eg.

#### Noun

eg (plural êe or egge)
* (agriculture) harrow

##### Synonyms

* êe

### Etymology 3

From Dutch eggen.

#### Verb

eg (present eg, present participle eggende, past participle geëg)
* to harrow; to work the land with a harrow

##### Alternative forms

* ê
* êe

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eːɡ/, [eːˀj]

### Noun

eg c (singular definite egen, plural indefinite ege)
* oak, oak tree (tree or wood)

#### Synonyms

* egetræ

### Further reading

* eg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛx/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: eg
* Rhymes: -ɛx

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch egge, ultimately from the root of egge (“corner, edge”). Compare German Egge (“harrow”) and German eggen (“to harrow”).

#### Noun

eg f (plural eggen, diminutive egje n)
* harrow

##### Alternative forms

* egge (dated)

##### Derived terms

* eggen

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: eg, ê

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

eg
* inflection of eggen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* ge

## Faroese
### 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eː/
* Rhymes: -eː
* Homophones: e, E

### Pronoun

eg (plural vit, possessive adjectives mín, mítt)
* I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
    Eg eti døgurða.I am eating dinner.

#### Synonyms

* jeg (Suðuroy dialect)

### Further reading

* "eg" at Sprotin.fo

## 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
* (poetic, archaic) I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

### See also

Icelandic personal pronouns :
| singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter |
| nominative | ég, eg, ek | þú | hann | hún, hon, hón | það, þat |
| accusative | mig, mik | þig, þik | hann | hana | það, þat |
| dative | mér | þér | honum, hánum | henni | því |
| genitive | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess |
| plural | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter |
| nominative | við | þið, þit | þeir | þær | þau |
| accusative | okkur | ykkur | þá | þær | þau |
| dative | okkur | ykkur | þeim | þeim | þeim |
| genitive | okkar | ykkar | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra |

## Jamaican Creole
### Noun

eg (plural eg dem, quantified eg)
* Alternative spelling of egg

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* eeg, egg, egge, egghe, eeg

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Doublet of ey.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛɡ/

### Noun

eg (plural egges)
* (chiefly Northern) egg
    Synonym: (more common) ey

#### Descendants

* English: egg, egge
** →⇒ German: not the yellow from the egg
** Jamaican Creole: eg
** Sranan Tongo: eksi
* Scots: egg
* Yola: egges (plural)

#### References

* “eg(ge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.

## Norn
### Etymology

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

### Pronoun

eg
* I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to English I.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛː(ɡ)/, /eː(ɡ)/
* (Widespread forms) IPA: /eː(ɡ)/, /ɛː(ɡ)/, /æː(ɡ)/, as well as forms based on je or jeg in Eastern areas.
** (Romsdal/Sunndal/Lesja) IPA: /iː/
** (Selbu/Lierne) IPA: /iː/
* (Diphthongised forms) IPA: /eiː(ɡ)/, /ɛːɪ/, /ɪɛɡ/
** (Namdal) IPA: [ɛɪːɡ], [ɛɪːɣ]
** (Southern Møre dialect) IPA: [a̝ːi], [ɛːɪ], [eːɪ]
** (Flå, Horg) IPA: [ɛi]
** (North-Østerdalen) IPA: [ɛi], [ɛɪ]
*** (Settler dialects in Bardu) IPA: [ɛɪ]
** (Setesdal dialect) IPA: [i̞eɡ], [ɪɛ̝ɡ̥]

### Pronoun

eg (accusative meg)
* I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

#### See also

$^1$Obsolete. $^2$Landsmål. $^3$Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.

### Noun

eg n (definite singular eget, uncountable)
* (metaphysics) I, ego

### References

* “eg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eːj/

### Noun

ēġ f
* Alternative form of īeġ

## Pumpokol
### Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔes. Compare Kott ēš, Arin es, eš. Also from the same root is Pumpokol eč (“sky”).

### Noun

eg
* God

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

eg
* imperative of ega