jeg

See also: jég

English

Noun

jeg (plural jegs)

1. (machinery) Alternative form of jig

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ek, Old East Norse jak, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂, *eǵh₂óm.

Alternative forms

• a, æ, ja, jæ (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɑ̈(j)]
• 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	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal (uncommon)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		indefinite	man	en	ens
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

Etymology 2

From the pronoun. Calque of German Ich (“ego”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɑj]

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

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Pronoun

jeg

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

Synonyms

• eg (standard Faroese)

Icelandic

Pronoun

jeg

1. Archaic form of ég.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæɪ̯/

• Audio:

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• (Fredrikstad) IPA^(key): (stressed) [jæɪ̯], (unstressed) [jæ]

Pronoun

jeg

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
		formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (noun)	den		dens
		masculine (noun)
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
		formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

References

• “jeg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• jig
• jâg (Moldavia)
• жег (jeg) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жєгъ (žegŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žegъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒeɡ/
• Rhymes: -eɡ

Noun

jeg n (plural jeguri)

1. dirt, filth

   Synonyms: murdărie, mizerie

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	jeg	jegul		jeguri	jegurile
genitive-dative	jeg	jegului		jeguri	jegurilor
vocative	jegule			jegurilor

Derived terms

• jegos