engen

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Danish

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Noun

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engen c

  1. definite singular of eng

Dutch

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Noun

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engen

  1. plural of eng

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛŋən/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋən

Verb

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engen (weak, third-person singular present engt, past tense engte, past participle geengt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to limit
  2. to restrict
  3. to narrow down

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Adjective

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engen

  1. inflection of eng:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

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  • engen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • engen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • engen” in Duden online

Japanese

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Romanization

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engen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えんげん

Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈæŋen/, [ˈæ.ŋən]

Etymology 1

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Article

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engen

  1. dative plural of en: some (only used to indicate a vague number before numerals and certain adjectives like etlech)
    D’Spill gouf vun engen zéngdausend Spectateuren besicht.
    The game was attended by some ten thousand spectators.
Declension
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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).

Etymology 2

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From Middle High German engen. From the adjective enk.

Verb

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engen (third-person singular present engt, past participle gëengt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (rare outside compounds) to make narrow or tight
Conjugation
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Regular
infinitive engen
participle gëengt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular engen
2nd singular engs eng
3rd singular engt
1st plural engen
2nd plural engt engt
3rd plural engen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Derived terms
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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engen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of eng