degen

== English == === Etymology 1 === From German Degen (“dagger”). ==== Alternative forms ==== degan, dagen ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈdeɪɡən/ Rhymes: -eɪɡən ==== Noun ==== degen (plural degens) (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Sword. === Etymology 2 === Clipping of degenerate. ==== Alternative forms ==== dgen ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈdiːd͡ʒɛn/ ==== Adjective ==== degen (comparative more degen, superlative most degen) (Internet slang) Degenerate. ==== Noun ==== degen (plural degens) (Internet slang) A degenerate. === Anagrams === Gen Ed, Gen-ed, Gen. Ed., gen ed, gen. ed. == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdeː.ɣə(n)/ Hyphenation: de‧gen Rhymes: -eːɣən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch degen, from Middle High German degen, itself borrowed from Old French dague (“dagger”). ==== Noun ==== degen m (plural degens, diminutive degentje n) (fencing) epee duelling sword, court sword (slender sword used in duels and battles; distinct from a rapier) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: degen Negerhollands: deegen → Papiamentu: degel (dated) → West Frisian: degen === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch degen, deghen, from Old Dutch *thegen, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tek-. Cognate with German Degen, English thane, Icelandic þegn, Ancient Greek τέκνον (téknon). ==== Noun ==== degen m (plural degens, diminutive degentje n) (archaic) hero, warrior, soldier == Middle High German == === Etymology === From Old High German dëgan, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈdɛɡən/ === Noun === dëgen m a warrior, a hero, a knight a boy ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: Degen === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “D00093”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “dëgen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[2] (in German), 3rd edition == Swedish == === Noun === degen definite singular of deg