Noun: æg
Gender: Neuter, Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | æg |
| Sg. definite | ægget; æggen |
| Pl. indefinite | æg; ægge |
| Pl. definite | æggene |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | ægs |
| Sg. definite | æggets; æggens |
| Pl. indefinite | ægs; ægges |
| Pl. definite | æggenes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like æg
æg,
Etymology
From Old Norse egg n (“egg”), from Proto-Germanic *ajją, cognate with Norwegian egg, Swedish ägg, German Ei (English egg is a loan from Old Norse). The Germanic noun derives from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), cf Latin ōvum, Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión), and Polish jajo. See: Old Norse Nouns '
egg', Swedish Nouns '
ägg', German Nouns '
Ei', English Nouns '
egg', Latin Nouns '
ōvum', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ᾠόν', Polish Nouns '
jajo'.
Verbs referencing "æg"
English Nouns
egg, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
egg, English Nouns
edge, German Nouns
Ei, English Nouns
ey.
Translations