eigen

From Middle Dutch eigen, from Old Dutch *eigan, past participle of *eigan (“to own”), from Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛi̯ɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ei‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯ɣən

eigen (not comparable)

1. own, private (not shared)

   Na lang sparen heb ik eindelijk een eigen auto.

   After saving up for a long time, I finally have my own car.

2. characteristic, typical, specific

Declension of eigen
uninflected	eigen
inflected	eigen
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		eigen
indefinite	m./f. sing.	eigen
	n. sing.	eigen
	plural	eigen
definite		eigen
partitive		eigens

• Afrikaans: eie
• Berbice Creole Dutch: egn
• Jersey Dutch: āixe
• Negerhollands: eegen, eigen
• Sranan Tongo: eigi
  • Aukan: eigi
  • Saramaccan: éigi

• enige, neige

From Middle High German eigen, from Old High German eigan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz, the past participle of Proto-Germanic *aiganą. Cognate with Dutch eigen, English own.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯ɡən/, [ˈʔaɪ̯ɡən], [ˈʔaɪ̯ɡŋ̍]

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eigen (strong nominative masculine singular eigener or eigner, comparative (rare) eigener or eigner, superlative (rare) am eigensten)

1. own, peculiar or private to someone, idiosyncratic, proper or proprietary

• The comparison forms are rather rare and may be considered incorrect by some language users.

• → English: eigen-

• “eigen” in Duden online
• “eigen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

eigen

1. Romanization of ᡝᡳᡤᡝᠨ

From Old Dutch *eigan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan.

eigen

1. to receive
2. to be required to have, to be owed
3. (auxiliary, with te) must, to be obliged to

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• êgen

Former past participle of the verb.

eigen

1. subordinate, in servitude
2. owned, belonging (to someone else)
3. own, of oneself, proper

Adjective
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	Indefinite	eigen	eigen, eigene	eigen	eigen, eigene
	Definite	eigen, eigene		eigen, eigene
Accusative	Indefinite	eigenen	eigen, eigene	eigen	eigen, eigene
	Definite			eigen, eigene
Genitive	Indefinite	eigens	eigenre	eigens	eigenre
	Definite	eigens, eigenen		eigens, eigenen
Dative		eigenen	eigenre	eigenen	eigenen

• êgen
• êgijn
• eigin
• eigijn

• Dutch: eigen
  • Afrikaans: eie
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: egn
  • Jersey Dutch: āixe
  • Negerhollands: eegen, eigen
  • Sranan Tongo: eigi
    • Aukan: eigi
    • Saramaccan: éigi
• Limburgish: èèg

• “eighin (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “eigen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “eigen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

From Old Norse eiginn. Akin to English own.

• IPA^(key): /²ɛɪːʝən/, /²ɛɪːən/, /²ɛɪːɡən/

eigen m (feminine eiga, neuter eige, plural eigne)

1. own (belonging to (determiner))

   Dei har fått seg eige hus no.

   They have gotten their own house now.

2. special, unique, peculiar

   Det er noko eige over dette.

   There is something special about this.

• eigenarta
• særeigen

• egen (Bokmål)

• “eigen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Frisian egen, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *aigan. Compare with Dutch eigen, English own.

eigen

1. own

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• eigenskip

• “eigen”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011