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(Engels)

(neuter, strong) egg (all biological senses)
(neuter, strong) something egg-shaped
(informal, neuter, plural-normally, strong) testicle; ball (also figuratively)
(colloquial, in-plural, neuter, strong) bucks (money)
(colloquial, derogatory, mildly, neuter, strong, usually, vocative) clown; foolish bloke

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/aɪ̯/

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In summary

Inherited from Middle High German ei and Old High German ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Cognate with Yiddish איי (ey), Dutch ei, West Frisian aai, English ey and egg, Danish æg.