Noun: tegn
Gender: Neuter, Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | tegn |
| Sg. definite | tegnet; tegnen |
| Pl. indefinite | tegn; tegne |
| Pl. definite | tegnene |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | tegns |
| Sg. definite | tegnets; tegnens |
| Pl. indefinite | tegns; tegnes |
| Pl. definite | tegnenes |
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Etymology
From Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną, cognate with English token and German Zeichen. The noun is derived from the verb *tīhaną (“to show, accuse”) (cf. Danish te (“to behave”), German zeihen (“to accuse”)). See: English Nouns '
token', German Nouns '
Zeichen', Danish Nouns '
te'.
Verbs referencing "tegn"
Dutch Nouns
teken, English Nouns
token, German Nouns
Zeichen, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
tegn.
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