jeg

See also: jég

English

Noun

jeg (plural jegs)

1. (machinery) Alternative form of jig

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Danish

Alternative forms

• a, æ, ja, jæ (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse ek (Old East Norse jek), from Proto-Germanic *ek (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaj/, [jɑj], [jɑ]
• Rhymes: -aj

Pronoun

jeg (accusative mig, possessive min)

1. (personal) I

Usage notes

Frequently omitted in informal, written contexts, such as text messaging, memoranda and profiles.

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Inflection	Nominative	Accusative	Possessive	Reflexive	Reflexive possessive
Singular	First	common	jeg	mig	min
		neuter			mit
		plural			mine
	Second	common	du	dig	din
		neuter			dit
		plural			dine
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine	han	ham	hans	sig	sin
		feminine	hun	hende	hendes
		common	den	den	dens
		neuter	det	det	dets		sit
		plural					sine
Plural	First	—	vi	os	vores
		common			vor
		neuter			vort
		plural			vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres	sig

Noun

jeg n (singular definite jeget, plural indefinite jeger)

1. self (an individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)
2. (psychology) I, ego
3. (literature) first-person narrator

Inflection

Declension of jeg

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jeg	jeget	jeger	jegerne
genitive	jegs	jegets	jegers	jegernes

Synonyms

• (literature): jegfortæller

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Faroese

Pronoun

jeg

1. (Suðuroy) I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

Synonyms

• eg (standard Faroese)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ek (Old East Norse jek). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæɪ̯/

• Audio

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Pronoun

jeg

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

	Nominative	Objective case	Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person	jeg	meg	min, mi, mitt, mine
Second person	du	deg	din, di, ditt, dine
Third person m	han	han/ham	hans
Third person f	hun	henne	hennes
Third person n	det	det	dets
Third person, nonhuman m/f	den	den	dens
Plural
First person	vi	oss	vår m
Second person	dere	dere	deres
Third person	de	dem	deres

References

• “jeg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Romanian

Etymology

Of Slavic origin, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *žegъ.

Noun

jeg n (plural jeguri)

1. dirt, filth

Declension

declension of jeg

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) jeg	jegul	(niște) jeguri	jegurile
genitive/dative	(unui) jeg	jegului	(unor) jeguri	jegurilor
vocative	jegule		jegurilor

Synonyms

• murdărie, mizerie

Derived terms

• jegos