Ei

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ei"

Translingual

Noun

Ei

1. The exponential integral, a special function, defined as:

   $\operatorname {Ei} (x)=\int _{-\infty }^{x}{\frac {e^{t}}{t}}dt$

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Angami

Letter

Ei

1. The tenth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üi üi, A a, Ai ai, I i, Ie ie, U u, Uo uo, E e, Ei ei, O o, Ou ou, K k, Kh kh, G g, Ng ng, C c, Ch ch, J j, Jh jh, Ny ny, T t, Th th, D d, N n, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, Dz dz, P p, Ph ph, B b, M m, Pf pf, Bv bv, Y y, Yh yh, R r, Rh rh, L l, Lh lh, F f, V v, W w, Wh wh, S s, Sh sh, Z z, Zh zh, H h

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Compare Dutch ei, obsolete English ey, West Frisian aai, Danish æg, Yiddish איי (ey).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /aɪ̯/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

Ei n (strong, genitive Eies or Eis, plural Eier, diminutive Eichen n or Eierchen n or Eilein n)

1. egg (all biological senses)

   Willst du dein Ei hart oder weich?

   Do you want your egg hard-boiled or soft-boiled?

   Das befruchtete Ei nistet sich in der Gebärmutter ein.

   The fertilised egg nidates in the uterus.

2. something egg-shaped
3. (informal, usually in the plural) testicle; ball (also figuratively)

   Mal sehen, ob ihr Eier habt!

   Let’s see if you guys have balls!

4. (colloquial, in the plural) bucks (money)

   Kost’ dreißig Eier, der Spaß.

   This thing costs thirty bucks.

5. (colloquial, usually vocative, mildly derogatory) clown; foolish bloke

   Da steht „ziehen“, du Ei.

   [The sign] says “pull”, you clown.

Declension

Declension of Ei [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Ei	die	Eier
genitive	eines	des	Eies, Eis	der	Eier
dative	einem	dem	Ei, Eie1	den	Eiern
accusative	ein	das	Ei	die	Eier

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• 'n Appel und 'n Ei
• Eieruhr
• eiförmig
• Eigelb
• Eiklar
• Eiweiß
• Osterei, Oster-Ei
• Rührei
• Spiegelei
• Strau­ßen­ei, Straussenei
• Tee-Ei, Teeei
• Weichei

 

Further reading

• “Ei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Ei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Ei” in Duden online
• Ei on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Ei”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German ei, from Old Saxon ei, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Compare Dutch ei, obsolete English ey, West Frisian aai, Danish æg, German Ei.

Noun

Ei n (plural Eia)

1. egg

Derived terms

• Eiajälet
• Eiaküak
• Eirunt
• Eiaschol
• Eiastock
• Eiawittet