eng

See also: Eng, ENG, eng., Eng., -eng, ēng, and èng

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Etymology 1

Probably from Dutch eng (“narrow”), also confer Old English enge (“narrow”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *anguz. No mention of the word is found in any surviving Middle English text, save for the Middle English compound word ang-nail. Related to Dutch eng (“narrow”), German eng (“narrow”), Low German enj (“confined, narrow”), Luxembourgish enk (“narrow”).

Adjective

eng

1. (regional, obsolete) Narrow.

   The hole was too eng for him to get through.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The Middle English Dictionary
• bosworthtoller.com

Etymology 2

Noun

eng (plural engs)

1. Roman alphabet ŋ: The Latin-based letter formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Saami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages. In the IPA, it represents the voiced velar nasal, the ng sound in running and rink.

Synonyms

• agma
• (ŋ): engma

Anagrams

• -gen, Gen, Gen., gen, gen., neg, neg.

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *anga, related to Lithuanian angùs (“sluggish, lazy, idle”), éngti (“to strangle”), Latvian îgt (“to wear off, to languish”), and Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃 (aggwus, “narrow”).

Adjective

eng (feminine enge)

1. deaf and dumb

Related terms

• ang

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse eng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnɡ/, [ɛŋˀ]

Noun

eng c (singular definite engen, plural indefinite enge)

1. A meadow.

Inflection

Declension of eng

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eng	engen	enge	engene
genitive	engs	engens	enges	engenes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛŋ/

• audio:

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• Hyphenation: eng
• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch enge, from Old Dutch *engi, from Proto-Germanic *anguz. Cognate with German eng, from Old High German engi.

Adjective

eng (comparative enger, superlative engst)

1. narrow
2. small
3. scary, creepy

Inflection

Declension of eng
uninflected	eng
inflected	enge
comparative	enger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		eng	enger	het engst het engste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	enge	engere	engste
	n. sing.	eng	enger	engste
	plural	enge	engere	engste
definite		enge	engere	engste
partitive		engs	engers	—

Derived terms

• engte

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch enc.

Noun

eng m (plural engen)

1. Alternative form of enk.

Anagrams

• gen

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German

Etymology

From Old High German engi, from Proto-Germanic *anguz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛŋ/

• audio (Germany):

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• audio (Austria):

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Adjective

eng (comparative enger, superlative am engsten)

1. narrow, tight

Related terms

• Angst
• enganliegend
• engbefreundet
• Enge
• engen
• Engheit
• engherzig
• Engelaut
• Engpaß
• engsichtig

Further reading

• “eng” in Duden online

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Kosraean

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin. Compare Tagalog hangin, Malagasy anina, Pohnpeian ahng, Fijian cagi, Tongan angi, Samoan agi, Hawaiian ani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eŋ/

Noun

eng

1. wind

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æŋ/

Article

eng f

1. Feminine singular indefinite article; a, an

   Si huet zwéin Hënn an eng Kaz

   She has two dogs and a cat

Declension

Luxembourgish indefinite articles
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nom./acc.	en	eng	en	(eng)
dative	engem	enger	engem	(engen)
	Plural forms indicate a vague number (before numerals and certain adjectives).

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Mandarin

Romanization

eng

1. Nonstandard spelling of ēng.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse eng

Noun

eng f or m (definite singular enga or engen, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)

1. a meadow

Derived terms

• blomstereng
• kløvereng
• slåtteeng

References

• “eng” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse eng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛŋː/

Noun

eng f (definite singular enga, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)

1. a meadow

References

• “eng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• engi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *angijō f.

Noun

eng f or n

1. meadow

Declension

  Declension of eng (strong jō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eng	engin	engjar	engjarnar
accusative	eng	engina	engjar	engjarnar
dative	eng	enginni	engjum	engjunum
genitive	engjar	engjarinnar	engja	engjanna

  Declension of eng (strong ja-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eng	engit	eng	engin
accusative	eng	engit	eng	engin
dative	engi	enginu	engjum	engjunum
genitive	engs	engsins	engja	engjanna

Derived terms

• engibúi m
• engidalr m (“meadow-valley”)
• engidómr m
• engilykkja f (“an enclosed piece of meadow”)
• engimark n
• engishǫfn f (“possession of a meadow”)
• engiskiptisbúi m
• engiskipti n (“division of a meadow”)
• engismaðr m (“owner of a meadow”)
• engisprett n (“grasshopper, locust”)
• engiteigr m (“strip of meadow-land”)
• engiverk n (“meadow work”)
• engivǫxtr m (“that which grows upon meadows”)
• engjadómr m
• engjagrasnautn n (“grazing right”)
• engjamerki n (“boundary between meadow-lands”)
• engjaskipti n (“division of a meadow”)
• engjateigr m (“strip of meadow-land”)
• engjavǫxtr m

 

Descendants

• Icelandic: eng f, engi n
• Faroese: ong f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eng f
• Old Swedish: æng, ænge
  • Swedish: äng c
• Danish: eng c
• ,

References

• “eng1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “eng2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press