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Egge
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egge éggé
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as op die eygen in 1470. Derived from nl dum eigen personally owned land. The current neighbourhood was named after a home for bachelors that had in turn taken its name from a piece of land.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɛ.ɣə/
nl Eg ge
nl ɛɣə 2
Proper noun
n
nl neighbourhood c/Brunssum p/Limburg c/Netherlands
References
egge
German
Etymology
Derived in early modern German from the verb de eggen, possibly under influence of gmh ecke, also gmh egge corner; sharp edge; blade, whence contemporary de Ecke corner. The older gmh egede from goh egida is only continued dialectally (early modern German eide). The same development in nl eg. Cognate to la occa, la occō (whence pt oco, es hueco).
Pronunciation
de /ˈɛɡə/
de De-Egge.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
harrow
2 12 am Teiche schnatterten die munteren Stimmen der Bauernweiber, die dort Leinwand wuschen, und auf den Höfen erschollen die Beilschläge der Bauern, die die Pflüge und Eggen zurechtmachten. Der richtige Frühling war gekommen.
Declension
f
Related terms
de eggen
de Kreiselegge
Further reading
de Agriculture Tools