jeg

See also: jég

Translingual

Symbol

jeg

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Jeng.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Jeng terms

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 *eǵh₂óm, *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

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
Singular First jeg mig min mit mine
Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
formal (uncommon) De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common (noun) den dens
neuter (noun) det dets
indefinite man en ens
reflexive sig sin sit sine
Plural First modern vi os vores
archaic / formal vor vort vore
Second I jer jeres
Third de dem deres
reflexive sig

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
Declension of jeg
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative jeg jeget jeger jegerne
genitive jegs jegets jegers jegernes
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 *eǵh₂óm.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

jeg

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Norwegian Bokmål personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
feminine masculine neuter plural
Singular First jeg meg mi min mitt mine
Second general du deg di din ditt dine
formal (rare) De Dem Deres
Third feminine (person) hun henne hennes
masculine (person) han ham / han hans
feminine (noun) den dens
masculine (noun)
neuter (noun) det dets
reflexive seg si sin sitt sine
Plural First vi oss vår vårt våre
Second general dere deres
formal (very rare) De Dem Deres
Third general de dem deres
reflexive seg si sin sitt sine

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

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative jeg jegul jeguri jegurile
genitive-dative jeg jegului jeguri jegurilor
vocative jegule jegurilor

Derived terms

Further reading