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ei.

egg

2 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɛi̯/[ɛi̯]Netherlands[ɛː]East, Flanders, The-Hague, West

  1. egg

    neuter
    Ik heb een ei gebakken voor het ontbijt.
    Pasen is een feest waarbij veel eieren worden geschilderd.

  2. female gamete

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Germanic *ajją Proto-West Germanic *aij Old Dutch *ei Middle Dutch ei Dutch ei From Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

noun/ɛi̯/[ɛi̯]Netherlands[ɛː]East, Flanders, The-Hague, West

  1. The digraph ei.

    feminine · masculine
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