Neuter
Ei
Meaning
- (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
Concepts
Synonyms
huevo
ei
uovo
ovo
œuf
ovum
yumurta
αβγό
ou
بيضةFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
ai
St. Gallen
aiar
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aɪ̯/
Etymology
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.
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