jeg

See also: jég

English

Noun

jeg (plural jegs)

  1. (machinery) Alternative form of jig

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaj/, [jɑj], [jɑ]
  • Rhymes: -aj

Pronoun

jeg (accusative mig, possessive min)

  1. (personal) I

Usage notes

Frequently omitted in informal, written contexts, such as text messaging, memoranda and profiles.

See also

Noun

jeg n (singular definite jeget, plural indefinite jeger)

  1. self (an individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)
  2. (psychology) I, ego
  3. (literature) first-person narrator

Inflection

Synonyms


Faroese

Pronoun

jeg

  1. (Suðuroy) I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

Synonyms

  • eg (standard Faroese)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ek (Old East Norse jek). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jæɪ̯/
  • (file)
  • (Fredrikstad) IPA(key): [jæɪ̯] (stressed), IPA(key): [jæ] (unstressed)

Pronoun

jeg

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

References


Romanian

Etymology

Of Slavic origin, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *žegъ.

Noun

jeg n (plural jeguri)

  1. dirt, filth

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

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