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

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 De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common(noun) den dens
neuter(noun) det dets
reflexive – sig sin sit sine
Plural Firstmodern 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

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(file)
  • (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– du deg di din ditt dine
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– dere deres
Third general de dem deres
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine

References

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

jeg n (plural jeguri)

  1. dirt, filth

Declension
Declension of jeg
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) jeg jegul (niște) jeguri jegurile
genitive/dative (unui) jeg jegului (unor) jeguri jegurilor
vocative jegule jegurilor

Synonyms

Derived terms
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