tegn

== Danish == === Etymology 1 === 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): [tˢɑjˀn] ==== Noun ==== tegn n (singular definite tegnet, plural indefinite tegn) sign token character ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== diakritisk tegn === Etymology 2 === From Old Danish thæghæn, from Old Norse þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [tˢeŋˀn], [tˢɛŋˀn], [tˢɑjˀn] ==== Noun ==== tegn c (singular definite tegnen, plural indefinite tegne) (historical) freeman, thane ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== thegn === References === “tegn” in Den Danske Ordbog “tegn” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Danish tegn, from Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną (“sign, token”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /tæɪ̯n/ ==== Noun ==== tegn n (definite singular tegnet, indefinite plural tegn, definite plural tegna or tegnene) sign, symbol character (printed or written letter or symbol) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== teikn (Nynorsk) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Like etymology 1 above. ==== Verb ==== tegn imperative of tegne === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Danish t(h)egn, from Old Norse þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /tɛŋn/ ==== Noun ==== tegn m (definite singular tegnen, indefinite plural tegner, definite plural tegnene) (historical) freeman, thane === References === “tegn” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “tegn” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).