eng
Translingual
Symbol
eng
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably from Dutch eng (“narrow”), also compare Old English enge (“narrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *angī, 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
References
Etymology 2
Probably created in analogy with other names for nasal consonants em (m) and en (n).
Noun
eng (plural engs)
- 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
Derived terms
(ŋ):
Anagrams
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”).[1]
Adjective
eng (feminine enge)
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 88
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
eng c (singular definite engen, plural indefinite enge)
- A meadow.
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- “eng” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “eng” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch enge, from Old Dutch *engi, from Proto-West Germanic *angī, from Proto-Germanic *anguz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus. Cognate with German eng, from Old High German engi.
Adjective
eng (comparative enger, superlative engst)
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
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch enc.
Noun
eng m (plural engen)
- Alternative form of enk.
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German enge, from Old High German engi, from Proto-West Germanic *angī.
Pronunciation
Adjective
eng (strong nominative masculine singular enger, comparative enger, superlative am engsten)
Declension
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist eng | sie ist eng | es ist eng | sie sind eng | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | enger | enge | enges | enge |
genitive | engen | enger | engen | enger | |
dative | engem | enger | engem | engen | |
accusative | engen | enge | enges | enge | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der enge | die enge | das enge | die engen |
genitive | des engen | der engen | des engen | der engen | |
dative | dem engen | der engen | dem engen | den engen | |
accusative | den engen | die enge | das enge | die engen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein enger | eine enge | ein enges | (keine) engen |
genitive | eines engen | einer engen | eines engen | (keiner) engen | |
dative | einem engen | einer engen | einem engen | (keinen) engen | |
accusative | einen engen | eine enge | ein enges | (keine) engen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist enger | sie ist enger | es ist enger | sie sind enger | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | engerer | engere | engeres | engere |
genitive | engeren | engerer | engeren | engerer | |
dative | engerem | engerer | engerem | engeren | |
accusative | engeren | engere | engeres | engere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der engere | die engere | das engere | die engeren |
genitive | des engeren | der engeren | des engeren | der engeren | |
dative | dem engeren | der engeren | dem engeren | den engeren | |
accusative | den engeren | die engere | das engere | die engeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein engerer | eine engere | ein engeres | (keine) engeren |
genitive | eines engeren | einer engeren | eines engeren | (keiner) engeren | |
dative | einem engeren | einer engeren | einem engeren | (keinen) engeren | |
accusative | einen engeren | eine engere | ein engeres | (keine) engeren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am engsten | sie ist am engsten | es ist am engsten | sie sind am engsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | engster | engste | engstes | engste |
genitive | engsten | engster | engsten | engster | |
dative | engstem | engster | engstem | engsten | |
accusative | engsten | engste | engstes | engste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der engste | die engste | das engste | die engsten |
genitive | des engsten | der engsten | des engsten | der engsten | |
dative | dem engsten | der engsten | dem engsten | den engsten | |
accusative | den engsten | die engste | das engste | die engsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein engster | eine engste | ein engstes | (keine) engsten |
genitive | eines engsten | einer engsten | eines engsten | (keiner) engsten | |
dative | einem engsten | einer engsten | einem engsten | (keinen) engsten | |
accusative | einen engsten | eine engste | ein engstes | (keine) engsten |
Related terms
Further reading
- “eng” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “eng” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “eng” in Duden online
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
Noun
ëng (plural ëëng)
Synonyms
References
- Morice Vanoverbergh (1982) “Kankanay Anatomy: A Lexicon”, in Asian Folklore Studies[2], volume 41, number 1 (overall work in English and Kankanaey), Nanzan University, , page 84
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
Noun
eng
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Article
eng f
- Feminine singular indefinite article: a, an
- Si huet zwéin Hënn an eng Kaz.
- She has two dogs and a cat.
- Plural indefinite article: some; only used in wéi eng (“what kind of”), sou eng (“such, this kind of”), and to indicate a vague number before numerals and certain adjectives like ettlech
- Si huet eng fofzéng Kazen.
- She has some fifteen cats.
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). |
Mandarin
Romanization
eng
- Nonstandard spelling of ēng.
- Nonstandard spelling of éng.
- Nonstandard spelling of ěng.
- Nonstandard spelling of èng.
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.
Mokilese
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *aŋin (“wind”), from Proto-Austronesian *haŋin (“wind”)
Noun
eng
Derived terms
References
- Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
eng f or m (definite singular enga or engen, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)
- a meadow
Derived terms
References
- “eng” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic *angijō.
Pronunciation
Noun
eng f (definite singular enga, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)
- a meadow
Inflection
Historical inflection of eng
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. |
References
- “eng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Frisian
Pronunciation
Determiner
ēng
- Alternative form of ēnich
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *angijō f.
Noun
eng f or n
Declension
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
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
Swedish
Noun
eng c
See also
- eng. (“English”)
Uzbek
Etymology
From Old Turkic 𐰭 (ŋ /eŋ/). Cognate with Azerbaijani ən, Kyrgyz эң (eŋ), Turkish en.
Pronunciation
Adverb
Other scripts | |
---|---|
Cyrillic | энг |
Latin | eng |
Perso-Arabic |
eng
- the most ..., the ...-est (marks the superlative degree of adjectives)
- eng so'nggi yangiliklar
- the latest news
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
eng f (plural engiau)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Ng/ng.
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
èng | unchanged | unchanged | hèng |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See also
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- ISO 639-2
- ISO 639-3
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛŋ
- Rhymes:English/ɛŋ/1 syllable
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- Regional English
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English terms with usage examples
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Latin letter names
- en:Phonemes
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian adjectives
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛŋ
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛŋ/1 syllable
- Dutch terms with homophones
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch adjectives
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch masculine nouns
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- German terms with usage examples
- Kankanaey terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Kankanaey/əŋ
- Rhymes:Kankanaey/əŋ/1 syllable
- Kankanaey lemmas
- Kankanaey nouns
- Bauko Kankanaey
- Kapangan Kankanaey
- kne:Anatomy
- Kosraean terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Kosraean terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Kosraean terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Kosraean terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Kosraean terms with IPA pronunciation
- Kosraean lemmas
- Kosraean nouns
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish articles
- Luxembourgish terms with usage examples
- Hanyu Pinyin
- Mandarin non-lemma forms
- Mandarin nonstandard forms
- Mokilese terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Mokilese terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Mokilese terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Mokilese terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Mokilese lemmas
- Mokilese nouns
- mkj:Weather
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Old Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Frisian lemmas
- Old Frisian determiners
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Old Norse neuter nouns
- Old Norse nouns with multiple genders
- Old Norse jō-stem nouns
- Old Norse neuter ja-stem nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish archaic forms
- Uzbek terms derived from Old Turkic
- Uzbek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Uzbek lemmas
- Uzbek adverbs
- Uzbek terms with usage examples
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- cy:Latin letter names