egg – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Noun: egg
Gender: Neuter, Masculine, Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	egg
Pl.	egg; egger

Definite

Sg.	egget; egga; eggen
Pl.	egga; eggene

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like egg

år, tjern, egg, skur,

Etymology

1. From Old Norse egg n (“egg”), from Proto-Germanic *ajją (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), likely from *h₂éwis (“bird”), possibly from *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”).
2. Cognate with English egg (“egg”), Icelandic egg (“egg”), Faroese egg (“egg”), Swedish ägg (“egg”), Danish æg (“egg”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'egg', English Nouns 'egg', Icelandic Nouns 'egg', Faroese Nouns 'egg', Swedish Nouns 'ägg', Danish Nouns 'æg'.