og

See also: Appendix:Variations of "og"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

og (plural ogs)

1. Initialism of own goal.

Etymology 2

og

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of organize and related forms of that word (organized, organizes, organizing, organizer, organizable, organization, organizational, organizationally, etc.)

Anagrams

• -go-, G.O., GO, Go, Goα, g'ô, go

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• ug — nonstandard
• -g — contraction, after vowels

Article

og

1. Indefinite article, used as object marker for nouns other than personal names.

   Nagluto ko og bugas.

   I am cooking rice.

See also

Cebuano markers

		Direct (ang)	Indirect (sa)	Oblique (sa/og)
Common	Singular	ang	sa	sa/og
	Plural	ang mga	sa mga	sa mga/og mga
Personal	Singular	si	ni	kang
	Plural	sila ni/silang	nila ni/nilang	kanila ni/kanilang

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ok (“and, also”), from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with Swedish och (“and”), ock (“also”), Dutch ook (“also”), and German auch (“also”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʌ], [ɒw]

Conjunction

og

1. and

Adverb

og

1. (archaic, dialect) also

   Synonym: også

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with Swedish och.

Conjunction

og

1. and

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oː/, [oːo̞]
• Homophones: ov (‘too’)

Conjunction

og

1. and

   Hanus og Janus

   Hans and Jens

   her og har

   here and there

See also

• bæði ... og

Gothic

Romanization

ōg

1. Romanization of 𐍉𐌲

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːɣ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɣ

Conjunction

og

1. and

   Kona og maður.

   A woman and a man.

   Ég heiti Baldur og þetta er Jón.

   My name is Baldur and this is Jón.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Adam og Eva
• á milli steins og sleggju
• ár og síð
• bölva í sand og ösku
• bölva og ragna
• dömur mínar og herrar
• ekki verður bæði sleppt og haldið
• fyrst og fremst
• gegnum súrt og sætt
• heilu og höldnu
• hægt og bítandi
• í húð og hár
• með kurt og pí
• pomp og prakt
• rigna eldi og brennisteini
• sem og
• um og ó
• þú og hvaða her
• eins og

Kunjen

Noun

og

1. water

References

• Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method (2004, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ok (“and”), from earlier auk (“and”), from Proto-Germanic *auk (“also, too, furthermore”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase, enlarge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/

Conjunction

og

1. and

References

• “og” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/
• Homophone: å

Conjunction

og

1. and

References

• “og” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Etymology

Uncertain. Originally a neuter s-stem, perhaps *ugos. Apparently not from Proto-Celtic *āuyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɣ/

Noun

og n or m or f (genitive ugae, nominative plural ugae)

1. egg
2. (anatomy) testicle

Declension

Neuter s-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ogN	ogN	ugaeL
Vocative	ogN	ogN	ugaeL
Accusative	ogN	ogN	ugaeL
Genitive	ugaeL	ugae	ugaeN
Dative	uigL	ugaib	ugaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: ubh
• Manx: ooh
• Scottish Gaelic: ugh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
og	unchanged	n-og
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.