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Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛŋən/, [ˈɛŋˀŋ̩]

Noun

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engen c

  1. definite singular of eng

Dutch

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Noun

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engen

  1. plural of eng

German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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engen (weak, third-person singular present engt, past tense engte, past participle geengt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to limit
  2. to restrict
  3. to narrow down

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Adjective

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engen

  1. inflection of eng:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

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  • “engen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
  • “engen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “engen” in Duden online

Japanese

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Romanization

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engen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えんげん

Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

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engen

  1. dative plural of en: some (only used to indicate a vague number before numerals and certain adjectives like etlech)
    D’Spill gouf vun engen zéngdausend Spectateure besicht.
    The game was attended by some ten thousand spectators.
Declension
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Luxembourgish indefinite articles
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
nom./acc. en eng en (eng)
dative engem enger engem (engen)

Plural forms indicate a vague number (before numerals and certain adjectives).

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Middle High German engen, from enc (“narrow”), whence Luxembourgish enk. Some of the derivatives were probably formed after German, but erengen must be a native formation.

Verb

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engen (third-person singular present engt, past participle gëengt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (rare outside compounds) to make narrow or tight
Conjugation
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Regular
infinitive engen
participle gëengt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular engen —
2nd singular engs eng
3rd singular engt —
1st plural engen —
2nd plural engt engt
3rd plural engen —

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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engen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of eng