kokt egg

Norwegian Bokmål

Boiled eggs with their shells removed.

Etymology

First word past participle of koke (“cook, boil”), from Middle Low German kôken, kâken, from Old Saxon *kokōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kôken, from Latin cocō, coquō (“I cook”), from earlier *quoquō, from Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō (“to cook”), from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti (“to be cooking”), from *pekʷ- (“to cook”).

Last word from Old Norse egg n (“egg”), from Proto-Germanic *ajją (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), likely from *h₂éwis (“bird”), possibly from *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊkt ɛɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡ
• Hyphenation: kokt‧egg

Noun

kokt egg n (definite singular kokte egget, indefinite plural kokte egg, definite plural kokte egga or kokte eggene)

1. (cooking) a boiled egg (an egg which has been cooked in the shell in boiling water)
   • 1995, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Fugledansen, page 96:

     jeg betraktet det kokte egget foran frokosttallerkenen min

     I looked at the boiled egg in front of my breakfast plate

Derived terms

• bløtkokt egg, blautkokt egg (“soft-boiled egg”)
• hardkokt egg (“hard-boiled egg”)

See also

• smilende egg (“part hard-boiled, part soft-boiled egg”)