eggen

See also: Eggen

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: eg‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɛɣən

Verb

eggen

1. (transitive, agriculture) to harrow

Inflection

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	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.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German egen, *ecken, from Old High German eggen, ekken. 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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡən/

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Verb

1. to harrow

Derived terms

• Egge

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eggja, from egg (“edge”) (cognate to egge).

Alternative forms

• eggyn, eggin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡən/

Verb

eggen

1. To egg on; to encourage or provide motivation.
2. To lure or draw someone away; to provide enticement towards someone.
3. (rare) To draw someone's wrath; to anger.
4. (rare) To insult or goad.

Conjugation

Conjugation of eggen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) eggen, egge
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	egge	egged
2nd-person singular	eggest	eggedest
3rd-person singular	eggeth	egged
subjunctive singular	egge
imperative singular		—
plural1	eggen, egge	eggeden, eggede
imperative plural	eggeth, egge	—
participles	eggynge, eggende	egged, yegged

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

• eggyng
• egment

Descendants

• English: egg
• Scots: egg

References

• “eggen (v.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-04.

Etymology 2

From hegge +‎ -en.

Verb

eggen

1. Alternative form of heggen

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• egga

Noun

eggen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of egg (Etymology 2)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

eggen m

1. definite singular of egg

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Swedish

Noun

eggen

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of egg