egentlig
Danish
/eːˀɣəntli/
adj
Definitions
- real, actual
- essential, important
- positive (definitely laid down, explicitly stated)
- proper
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German ēgentlik (actual), ēgen (own) inherited from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz (own, possess).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*aiganaz
Gloss
own, possess
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- co-own English
- disown English
- eigen- English
- misown English
- own English
- ownability English
- ownable English
- ownage English
- owndom English
- owner English
- ownest English
- owneth English
- ownness English
- ownsome English
- Eigenart German
- Eigenbeschuss German
- Eigengrau German
- Eigenheit German
- Eigeninteresse German
- Eigenname German
- Eigennutz German
- Eigenschaft German
- Eigensinn German
- Eigentum German
- Eigenwert German
- Eigenwärme German
- eigen German
- eigenartig German
- eigeninitiativ German
- eigenmächtig German
- eigensprachlich German
- eigensüchtig German
- eigentlich German
- eigenwillig German
- uneigentlich German
- unternehmenseigen German
- volkseigen German
- -lijk Dutch, Flemish
- eigen Dutch, Flemish
- eigenlijk Dutch, Flemish
- oneigenlijk Dutch, Flemish
- *h₂eyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *aiganaz Proto-Germanic
- *aiganą Proto-Germanic
- egentlig Swedish
- egentligen Swedish
- āgen Old English
- owen Middle English
- eiginn Old Norse
- egen Danish
- egennavn Danish
- livegen Danish
- eigan Old High German
- eigen Middle High German
- eigenlīch Middle High German
- ēgen Middle Low German
- ēgentlik Middle Low German