jeg

See also: jég

English

Noun

jeg (plural jegs)

  1. (machinery) Alternative form of jig

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ek, Old East Norse jak, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik (I), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂, *eǵh₂óm.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɑ̈(j)]
  • 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

Etymology 2

From the pronoun. Calque of German Ich (ego).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjɑj]

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeː/
  • Rhymes: -eː

Pronoun

jeg

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

Synonyms

  • eg (standard Faroese)

Icelandic

Pronoun

jeg

  1. Archaic form of ég.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

jeg

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

References

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жєгъ (žegŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žegъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒeɡ/
  • Rhymes: -eɡ

Noun

jeg n (plural jeguri)

  1. dirt, filth
    Synonyms: murdărie, mizerie

Declension

Derived terms

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