See also: Eggen

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch eggen. Equivalent to eg +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɣə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: eg‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɛɣən

Verb

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eggen

  1. (transitive, agriculture) to harrow

Conjugation

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Conjugation of eggen (weak)
infinitive eggen
past singular egde
past participle geëgd
infinitive eggen
gerund eggen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular eg egde
2nd person sing. (jij) egt, eg2 egde
2nd person sing. (u) egt egde
2nd person sing. (gij) egt egde
3rd person singular egt egde
plural eggen egden
subjunctive sing.1 egge egde
subjunctive plur.1 eggen egden
imperative sing. eg
imperative plur.1 egt
participles eggend geëgd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German egen, *ecken, from Old High German eggen, ekken, ultimately from the root of Ecke (corner, edge).

The modern consonantism -gg- instead of expected -ck- is most readily explained as Low German as some sources do, but this seems not generally accepted (compare Middle Low German eggen).

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Verb

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eggen (weak, third-person singular present eggt, past tense eggte, past participle geeggt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to harrow

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Further reading

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  • eggen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • eggen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • eggen” in Duden online
  • eggen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old Norse eggja, from egg (edge) (cognate to egge).

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eggen (third-person singular simple present eggeth, present participle eggende, eggynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle egged)

  1. To egg on; to encourage or provide motivation.
  2. To lure someone away; to entice.
  3. (rare) To anger; to draw someone's wrath.
  4. (rare) To insult or goad.
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Descendants
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  • English: egg
  • Scots: egg
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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eggen

  1. Alternative form of heggen

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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eggen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of egg (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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eggen m

  1. definite singular of egg

Swedish

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Noun

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eggen

  1. definite singular of egg