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äga

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Swedish

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Alternative forms

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  • aͤga (obsolete typography)
  • ega (obsolete)
    In the 6th edition of SAOL (1889), when jern changed to järn, Ega was still spelled with e with the final remark "Skrifves äfven Äga o.s.v." Some derived words never changed, like egen (own), egendom (property), egentlig (proper).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²ɛːɡa/
  • Rhymes: -²ɛːɡa
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Etymology 1

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From Old Swedish ǣgha, from Old Norse eiga, from Proto-Germanic *aigǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *eik-.

Noun

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äga c

  1. an estate, grounds, property, land
    i någons ägoin one's possession
Usage notes
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  • Ägo in the phrase i någons ägo is an archaic dative form of this noun. The similar-looking archaic genitive form ägo is also the basis for compounds.
Declension
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Declension of äga
nominative genitive
singular indefinite äga ägas
definite ägan ägans
plural indefinite ägor ägors
definite ägorna ägornas
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Etymology 2

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From Old Swedish ǣgha, from Old Norse eiga, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European *eik-.

Verb

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äga (present äger, preterite ägde, supine ägt, imperative äg)

  1. to own
    • Karlskrönikan, quoted in 1913, Carl Grimberg, Svenska folkets underbara öden, I. Forntiden och medeltiden intill 1521, page 438
      [] De togo dem från vad de åtte
      och kastade över bord vem de förmådde. []
      [] They took from them what they owned
      and threw overboard whoever they could. []
  2. (Internet slang) to own, to pwn
    Fan vad ägd du blev
    You got totally owned
    Synonym: ega
Usage notes
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Conjugation
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Conjugation of äga (weak)
active passive
infinitive äga ägas
supine ägt ägts
imperative äg
imper. plural1 ägen
present past present past
indicative äger ägde, åtte ägs, äges ägdes, åttes
ind. plural1 äga ägde, åtte ägas ägdes, åttes
subjunctive2 äge ägde, åtte äges ägdes, åttes
present participle ägande
past participle ägd

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Further reading

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