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See also: Eng, ENG, eng., Eng., -eng, ēng, and èng

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛŋ/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Etymology 1Edit

Probably from Dutch eng (“narrow”), also confer Old English enge (“narrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *angī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *anguz.

No mention of the word is found in any surviving Middle English text, save for the Middle English compound word ang-nail. Related to Dutch eng (“narrow”), German eng (“narrow”), Low German enj (“confined, narrow”), Luxembourgish enk (“narrow”).

AdjectiveEdit

eng

1. (regional, obsolete) Narrow.

   The hole was too eng for him to get through.

ReferencesEdit

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The Middle English Dictionary
• bosworthtoller.com

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

eng (plural engs)

1. Roman alphabet ŋ: The Latin-based letter formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Saami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages. In the IPA, it represents the voiced velar nasal, the ng sound in running and rink.

SynonymsEdit

• agma
• (ŋ): engma

AnagramsEdit

• -gen, GEN, Gen, Gen., gen, gen., neg, neg.

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AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Albanian *anga, related to Lithuanian angùs (“sluggish, lazy, idle”), éngti (“to strangle”), Latvian îgt (“to wear off, to languish”), and Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃 (aggwus, “narrow”).^[1]

AdjectiveEdit

eng m (feminine enge)

1. deaf and dumb

SynonymsEdit

• shtemët

Related termsEdit

• ang

ReferencesEdit

1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎^[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 88

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse eng.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛnɡ/, [ɛŋˀ]

NounEdit

eng c (singular definite engen, plural indefinite enge)

1. A meadow.

InflectionEdit

show ▼Declension of eng

Derived termsEdit

• blomstereng
• engareal
• engdrag
• græseng
• marskeng
• strandeng

ReferencesEdit

• “eng” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “eng” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛŋ/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: eng
• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch enge, from Old Dutch *engi, from Proto-West Germanic *angī, from Proto-Germanic *anguz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus. Cognate with German eng, from Old High German engi.

AdjectiveEdit

eng (comparative enger, superlative engst)

1. narrow
2. small
3. scary, creepy

InflectionEdit

more ▼Inflection of eng
uninflected	eng
inflected	enge
comparative	enger

Derived termsEdit

• doodeng
• engte

DescendantsEdit

• Afrikaans: eng
• →? English: eng

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Dutch enc.

NounEdit

eng m (plural engen)

1. Alternative form of enk.

AnagramsEdit

• gen

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GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German enge, from Old High German engi, from Proto-West Germanic *angī.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛŋ/

• audio (Germany)

  (file)

• audio (Austria)

  (file)

AdjectiveEdit

eng (comparative enger, superlative am engsten)

1. narrow, tight

DeclensionEdit

show ▼Positive forms of eng

show ▼Comparative forms of eng

show ▼Superlative forms of eng

Related termsEdit

• Angst
• enganliegend
• engbefreundet
• Enge
• engen
• Engheit
• engherzig
• Engelaut
• Engpaß
• engsichtig

Further readingEdit

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

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KosraeanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin. Compare Tagalog hangin, Malagasy anina, Pohnpeian ahng, Fijian cagi, Tongan angi, Samoan agi, Hawaiian ani.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /eŋ/

NounEdit

eng

1. wind

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LuxembourgishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /æŋ/

ArticleEdit

eng f

1. Feminine singular indefinite article: a, an

   Si huet zwéin Hënn an eng Kaz.

   She has two dogs and a cat.

2. Plural indefinite article: some (only used to indicate a vague number before numerals and certain adjectives like etlech)

   Si huet eng fofzéng Kazen.

   She has some fifteen cats.

DeclensionEdit

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).

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MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

eng

1. Nonstandard spelling of ēng.

Usage notesEdit

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse eng

NounEdit

eng f or m (definite singular enga or engen, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)

1. a meadow

Derived termsEdit

• blomstereng
• kløvereng
• slåtteeng

ReferencesEdit

• “eng” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic *angijō.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛŋː/ (example of pronunciation)

NounEdit

eng f (definite singular enga, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)

1. a meadow

InflectionEdit

show ▼Historical inflection of eng

ReferencesEdit

• “eng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old FrisianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːŋ/, [ˈɛːŋ]

DeterminerEdit

ēng

1. Alternative form of ēnich

ReferencesEdit

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

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Old NorseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• engi

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *angijō f.

NounEdit

eng f or n

1. meadow

DeclensionEdit

show ▼  Declension of eng (strong jō-stem)

show ▼  Declension of eng (strong ja-stem)

Derived termsEdit

• engibúi m
• engidalr m (“meadow-valley”)
• engidómr m
• engishǫfn f (“possession of a meadow”)
• engiskipti n (“division of a meadow”)
• engiskiptisbúi m
• engiteigr m (“strip of meadow-land”)
• engiverk n (“meadow work”)
• engivǫxtr m (“that which grows upon meadows”)
• engjamerki n (“boundary between meadow-lands”)
• engjaskipti n (“division of a meadow”)
• engjateigr m (“strip of meadow-land”)

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DescendantsEdit

• Icelandic: eng f, engi n
• Faroese: ong f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eng f, enge n
• Norwegian Bokmål: eng f
• Old Swedish: æng, ænge
  • Swedish: äng c
• Danish: eng c
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eng m
• Westrobothnian: engj n, aainj n

ReferencesEdit

• eng1 in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• eng2 in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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UzbekEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Turkic 𐰭‎ (ŋ /eŋ/). Cognate with Azerbaijani ən, Kyrgyz эң (eŋ), Turkish en.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛŋ/

AdverbEdit

Other scripts
Cyrillic	энг‍
Roman	eng‍
Perso-Arabic	‍‍

eng

1. the most ..., the ...-est (marks the superlative degree of adjectives)

   eng so'nggi yangiliklar

   the latest news

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WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛŋ/

NounEdit

eng f (plural engiau)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ng.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
èng	unchanged	unchanged	hèng
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

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