eng

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

eng - Translingual

Symbol

eng

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for English.

eng - English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA: /ɛŋ/

Adjective

eng

  1. (regional, obsolete) Narrow.
    • The hole was too eng for him to get through.

Noun

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.

Synonyms

Derived terms

(ŋ):


Anagrams

eng - Albanian

Adjective

eng m (feminine enge)

  1. deaf and dumb

Synonyms

  • shtemët

eng - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛnɡ/, [ɛŋˀ]

Noun

eng c (singular definite engen, plural indefinite enge)

  1. A meadow.

Inflection

common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eng engen enge engene
genitive engs engens enges engenes

Derived terms

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

eng - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛŋ/
  • Hyphenation: eng
  • Homophone: Eng

Adjective

eng (comparative enger, superlative engst)

  1. scary, creepy
  2. narrow
  3. small

Inflection

Inflection of eng
uninflected eng
inflected enge
comparative enger

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: eng
  • ? English: eng

Noun

eng m (plural engen)

  1. Alternative form of enk.

Anagrams

eng - German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛŋ/

Adjective

eng (strong nominative masculine singular enger, comparative enger, superlative am engsten)

  1. narrow, tight
    • enge Freunde.close friends.

Declension

number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist eng sie ist eng es ist eng sie sind eng
strong declension (without article) nominative enger enge enges enge
genitive engen enger engen enger
dative engem enger engem engen
accusative engen enge enges enge
weak declension (with definite article) nominative der enge die enge das enge die engen
genitive des engen der engen des engen der engen
dative dem engen der engen dem engen den engen
accusative den engen die enge das enge die engen
mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein enger eine enge ein enges (keine) engen
genitive eines engen einer engen eines engen (keiner) engen
dative einem engen einer engen einem engen (keinen) engen
accusative einen engen eine enge ein enges (keine) engen
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist enger sie ist enger es ist enger sie sind enger
strong declension (without article) nominative engerer engere engeres engere
genitive engeren engerer engeren engerer
dative engerem engerer engerem engeren
accusative engeren engere engeres engere
weak declension (with definite article) nominative der engere die engere das engere die engeren
genitive des engeren der engeren des engeren der engeren
dative dem engeren der engeren dem engeren den engeren
accusative den engeren die engere das engere die engeren
mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein engerer eine engere ein engeres (keine) engeren
genitive eines engeren einer engeren eines engeren (keiner) engeren
dative einem engeren einer engeren einem engeren (keinen) engeren
accusative einen engeren eine engere ein engeres (keine) engeren
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am engsten sie ist am engsten es ist am engsten sie sind am engsten
strong declension (without article) nominative engster engste engstes engste
genitive engsten engster engsten engster
dative engstem engster engstem engsten
accusative engsten engste engstes engste
weak declension (with definite article) nominative der engste die engste das engste die engsten
genitive des engsten der engsten des engsten der engsten
dative dem engsten der engsten dem engsten den engsten
accusative den engsten die engste das engste die engsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein engster eine engste ein engstes (keine) engsten
genitive eines engsten einer engsten eines engsten (keiner) engsten
dative einem engsten einer engsten einem engsten (keinen) engsten
accusative einen engsten eine engste ein engstes (keine) engsten

eng - Kosraean

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /eŋ/

Noun

eng

  1. wind

eng - Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /æŋ/

Article

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 in wéi eng (what kind of), sou eng (such, this kind of), and to indicate a vague number before numerals and certain adjectives like ettlech
    • Si huet eng fofzéng Kazen.
      • She has some fifteen cats.

Declension

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).

eng - Mandarin

Romanization

eng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ēng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of éng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ěng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of èng.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin speech into the Roman alphabet often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

eng - Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

  1. a meadow

Derived terms

eng - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛŋː/

Noun

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

  1. a meadow

Inflection

indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 Eng Engi Engjar Engjarna
1901 engjarne (engjane)
1917 enga, engi engjar [enger] engjane [engene]
1938 enga [engi] enger engene
2012 (current) eng enga enger engene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

eng - Old Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈeːŋ/, [ˈɛːŋ]

Determiner

ēng

  1. Alternative form of ēnich

eng - Old Norse

Alternative forms

Noun

eng f or n

  1. meadow

Declension

feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eng engin engjar engjarnar
accusative eng engina engjar engjarnar
dative eng enginni engjum engjunum
genitive engjar engjarinnar engja engjanna
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eng engit eng engin
accusative eng engit eng engin
dative engi enginu engjum engjunum
genitive engs engsins engja engjanna

Derived terms

  • engibúi m
  • engidalr m (meadow-valley)
  • engidómr m
  • engilykkja f (an enclosed piece of meadow)
  • engimark n
  • engishǫfn f (possession of a meadow)
  • engiskiptisbúi m
  • engiskipti n (division of a meadow)
  • engismaðr m (owner of a meadow)
  • engisprett n (grasshopper, locust)
  • engiteigr m (strip of meadow-land)
  • engiverk n (meadow work)
  • engivǫxtr m (that which grows upon meadows)
  • engjadómr m
  • engjagrasnautn n (grazing right)
  • engjamerki n (boundary between meadow-lands)
  • engjaskipti n (division of a meadow)
  • engjateigr m (strip of meadow-land)
  • engjavǫxtr m

Descendants

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

eng - Uzbek

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛŋ/

Adverb

eng

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

eng - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛŋ/

Noun

eng f (plural engiau)

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

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
èng unchanged unchanged hèng
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Meaning and Definition of eng
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