tegn in Danish

IPA: [ˈtˢɑjˀn] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną, cognate with English token and German Zeichen. The noun is derived from the verb *tīhaną (“to show, accuse”) (cf. Danish te (“to behave”), German zeihen (“to accuse”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|da|non|teikn}} Old Norse teikn, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*taikną}} Proto-Germanic *taikną, {{cog|en|token}} English token, {{cog|de|Zeichen}} German Zeichen, {{m|gem-pro|*tīhaną||to show, accuse}} *tīhaną (“to show, accuse”), {{cog|da|te||to behave}} Danish te (“to behave”), {{cog|de|zeihen||to accuse}} German zeihen (“to accuse”) Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|tegnet||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|tegn||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=n|g2=|head=}} tegn n (singular definite tegnet, plural indefinite tegn), {{da-noun|et}} tegn n (singular definite tegnet, plural indefinite tegn) Inflection templates: {{da-noun-infl|et}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=n|gen-pl-def=tegnenes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=tegns|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=tegnets|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=tegns|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=tegnene|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=tegn|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=tegnet|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=tegn}} Forms: tegnet [definite, singular], tegn [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], tegn [indefinite, nominative, singular], tegnet [definite, nominative, singular], tegn [indefinite, nominative, plural], tegnene [definite, nominative, plural], tegns [genitive, indefinite, singular], tegnets [definite, genitive, singular], tegns [genitive, indefinite, plural], tegnenes [definite, genitive, plural]

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "diakritisk tegn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "teikn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse teikn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*taikną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *taikną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "token"
      },
      "expansion": "English token",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Zeichen"
      },
      "expansion": "German Zeichen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*tīhaną",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to show, accuse"
      },
      "expansion": "*tīhaną (“to show, accuse”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "te",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to behave"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish te (“to behave”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "zeihen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to accuse"
      },
      "expansion": "German zeihen (“to accuse”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną, cognate with English token and German Zeichen. The noun is derived from the verb *tīhaną (“to show, accuse”) (cf. Danish te (“to behave”), German zeihen (“to accuse”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tegnet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegn",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-noun-infl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegnet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegnene",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegnets",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegnenes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "tegn",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "tegnet",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tegn n (singular definite tegnet, plural indefinite tegn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et"
      },
      "expansion": "tegn n (singular definite tegnet, plural indefinite tegn)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gen-pl-def": "tegnenes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "tegns",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "tegnets",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "tegns",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "tegnene",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "tegn",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "tegnet",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "tegn"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sign"
      ],
      "id": "en-tegn-da-noun-C285XKFK",
      "links": [
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "token"
      ],
      "id": "en-tegn-da-noun-PEaenWxY",
      "links": [
        [
          "token",
          "token"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "character"
      ],
      "id": "en-tegn-da-noun-S87z3nbq",
      "links": [
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtˢɑjˀn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tegn"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish neuter nouns",
    "Danish nouns",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "diakritisk tegn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "teikn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse teikn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*taikną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *taikną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "token"
      },
      "expansion": "English token",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Zeichen"
      },
      "expansion": "German Zeichen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*tīhaną",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to show, accuse"
      },
      "expansion": "*tīhaną (“to show, accuse”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "te",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to behave"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish te (“to behave”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "zeihen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to accuse"
      },
      "expansion": "German zeihen (“to accuse”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną, cognate with English token and German Zeichen. The noun is derived from the verb *tīhaną (“to show, accuse”) (cf. Danish te (“to behave”), German zeihen (“to accuse”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tegnet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegn",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-noun-infl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegnet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegnene",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegnets",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tegnenes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "tegn",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "tegnet",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tegn n (singular definite tegnet, plural indefinite tegn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et"
      },
      "expansion": "tegn n (singular definite tegnet, plural indefinite tegn)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gen-pl-def": "tegnenes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "tegns",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "tegnets",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "tegns",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "tegnene",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "tegn",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "tegnet",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "tegn"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sign"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "token"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "token",
          "token"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "character"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtˢɑjˀn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tegn"
}

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"tegn" meaning in Danish

Noun