Ei
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ei"
Translingual
Noun
Ei
- The exponential integral, a special function, defined as:
Angami
Letter
Ei
- The tenth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üiüi, A a, Aiai, I i, Ieie, U u, Uouo, E e, Eiei, O o, Ouou, K k, Khkh, G g, Ngng, C c, Chch, J j, Jhjh, Nyny, T t, Thth, D d, N n, Tsts, Tshtsh, Dzdz, P p, Phph, B b, M m, Pfpf, Bvbv, Y y, Yhyh, R r, Rhrh, L l, Lhlh, F f, V v, W w, Whwh, S s, Shsh, Z z, Zhzh, H h
German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.
Compare Dutch ei, obsolete English ey, West Frisian aai, Danish æg, Yiddish איי (ey).
Pronunciation
audio (file) - IPA(key): /aɪ̯/
- Rhymes: -aɪ̯
Noun
Ei n (strong, genitive Eies or Eis, plural Eier, diminutive Eichen n or Eierchen n or Eilein n)
- egg (all biological senses)
- Willst du dein Ei hart oder weich?
- Do you want your egg hard-boiled or soft-boiled?
- Das befruchtete Ei nistet sich in der Gebärmutter ein.
- The fertilised egg nidates in the uterus.
- something egg-shaped
- (informal, usually in the plural) testicle; ball (also figuratively)
- Mal sehen, ob ihr Eier habt!
- Let’s see if you guys have balls!
- (colloquial, in the plural) bucks (money)
- Kost’ dreißig Eier, der Spaß.
- This thing costs thirty bucks.
- (colloquial, usually vocative, mildly derogatory) clown; foolish bloke
- Da steht „ziehen“, du Ei.
- [The sign] says “pull”, you clown.
Declension
Declension of Ei [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Ei | die | Eier |
genitive | eines | des | Eies, Eis | der | Eier |
dative | einem | dem | Ei, Eie1 | den | Eiern |
accusative | ein | das | Ei | die | Eier |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Derived terms
- Eieruhr
- eiförmig
- Eigelb
- Eiklar
- Eiweiß
- 'n Appel und 'n Ei
- Osterei, Oster-Ei
- Rührei
- Spiegelei
- Straußenei, Straussenei
- Tee-Ei, Teeei
- Weichei
Further reading
- “Ei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Ei” in Duden online
Ei on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Ei”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German ei, from Old Saxon ei, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Compare Dutch ei, obsolete English ey, West Frisian aai, Danish æg, German Ei.
Noun
Ei n (plural Eia)
- egg
Derived terms
- Eiajälet
- Eiaküak
- Eirunt
- Eiaschol
- Eiastock
- Eiawittet