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deeg

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deːx/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: deeg
  • Rhymes: -eːx

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch deech, from Old Dutch *dēg, from Proto-West Germanic *daig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (to build, mold, form, knead).

Noun

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deeg n (uncountable, diminutive deegje n)

  1. dough
    Hyponym: beslag
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Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: deeg

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch deech. Related to gedijen, which ultimately derives from Proto-Germanic *þinhaną; note the -h- in the Proto-Germanic, which corresponds (through grammatischer Wechsel) to the -g in deeg. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

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deeg (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) sound, good
Declension
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Declension of deeg
uninflected deeg
inflected dege
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial deeg
indefinite m./f. sing. dege
n. sing. deeg
plural dege
definite dege
partitive deegs

Noun

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deeg m or f (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) benefit, advantage, increase
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Anagrams

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