tegn

Danish

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”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢɑjˀn]

Noun

tegn n (singular definite tegnet, plural indefinite tegn)

1. sign
2. token
3. character

Inflection

Declension of tegn

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tegn	tegnet	tegn	tegnene
genitive	tegns	tegnets	tegns	tegnenes

Derived terms

• diakritisk tegn

References

• “tegn” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse teikn or tákn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną (“sign, token”).

Noun

tegn n (definite singular tegnet, indefinite plural tegn, definite plural tegna or tegnene)

1. a sign
2. a character (printed or written letter or symbol)

Derived terms

• divisjonstegn
• kjennetegn
• minustegn
• plusstegn
• skilletegn
• spørsmålstegn
• stjernetegn
• tegnforklaring
• tegnspråk
• utropstegn
• vårtegn

 

Verb

tegn

1. imperative of tegne

See also

• teikn (Nynorsk)

References

• “tegn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.