jeg

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English

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Noun

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jeg (plural jegs)

  1. (machinery) Alternative form of jig

Danish

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Etymology 1

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

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Pronoun

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jeg (accusative mig, possessive min)

  1. (personal) I
Usage notes
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Frequently omitted in informal, written contexts, such as text messaging, memoranda and profiles.

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Etymology 2

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

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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
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Faroese

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jeg

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

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  • eg (standard Faroese)

Icelandic

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Pronoun

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jeg

  1. Archaic form of ég.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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jeg

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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jeg n (plural jeguri)

  1. dirt, filth
    Synonyms: murdărie, mizerie

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