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Eng Etymology. It means deaf and dumb.

 


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eng

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

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

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

AnagramsEdit

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

Related termsEdit


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

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse eng.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

eng c (singular definite engen, plural indefinite enge)

  1. A meadow.

InflectionEdit

show ▼Declension of eng

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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
uninflectedeng
inflectedenge
comparativeenger
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Afrikaans: eng
  • →? English: eng

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Dutch enc.

NounEdit

eng m (plural engen)

  1. Alternative form of enk.

AnagramsEdit

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

Further readingEdit

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

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

NounEdit

eng

  1. wind

LuxembourgishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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
masculinefeminineneuterplural
nom./acc.enengen(eng)
dativeengemengerengem(engen)
Plural forms indicate a vague number (before numerals and certain adjectives).

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.

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

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. a meadow

InflectionEdit

show ▼Historical inflection of eng

ReferencesEdit

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

Old NorseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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

 show more ▼  

DescendantsEdit

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

UzbekEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

Other scripts
Cyrillicэнг‍
Romaneng‍
Perso-Arabic‍‍

eng

  1. the most ..., the ...-est (marks the superlative degree of adjectives)
    eng so'nggi yangiliklar
    the latest news

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

eng f (plural engiau)

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

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
èngunchangedunchangedhèng
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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