egn

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse eign (“property”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ajn/, [ɑjˀn]

Noun

egn c (singular definite egnen, plural indefinite egne)

1. area
2. part of the country
3. neighborhood

Inflection

Declension of egn

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	egn	egnen	egne	egnene
genitive	egns	egnens	egnes	egnenes

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Danish egn, from Old Norse eign

Noun

egn m (definite singular egnen, indefinite plural egner, definite plural egnene)

1. area, district, region, neighbourhood

Derived terms

• omegn

References

• “egn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “egn” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) in
• (Puter, Vallader) ün

Etymology

From Latin unus.

Article

egn m (feminine egna)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) a, an

Number

egn m (feminine egna)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) one