deg

See also: Appendix:Variations of "deg"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Degema.

Symbol

deg

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Degema.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Degema terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Etymology 1

Abbreviations

Noun

deg (countable and uncountable, plural degs)

1. (mathematics, countable) Abbreviation of degree.
2. (motor racing, uncountable) Clipping of degradation.

See also

degree of angle

• grad
• rad

Etymology 2

Verb

deg (third-person singular simple present degs, present participle degging, simple past and past participle degged)

1. (Northern England, dialectal) To sprinkle, moisten.
   • 1881, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Inversnaid”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC, stanza 3, page 53:

     Degged with dew, dappled with dew / Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through, / Wiry heathpacks, flitches of fern, / And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn.

Anagrams

• EDG, EGD, GED, Ged, egd, ged

Cornish

Cornish numbers ^(edit)

		100
[a], [b], [c] ←  1	←  9	10 10	11  →	20  →
		1[a], [b], [c]
Cardinal: deg     Ordinal: degves     Ordinal abbreviation: 10ves     Adverbial: degkweyth     Multiplier: degplek

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *deg, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛɡ/

• Audio:

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Numeral

deg

1. ten

Mutation

Mutation of deg

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
deg	dheg	unchanged	teg	teg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Kabyle

Alternative forms

• di, g

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəɡ/

Preposition

deg

1. in

   Izeddeɣ di Lezzayer. ― He lives in Algeria.

Usage notes

Nouns following the preposition deg are placed in the annexed state.

References

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Latvian

Verb

deg

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of degt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of degt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of degt

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• dek

Etymology

From Persian دیگ (dig, “cooking pot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deɡ], [dek]

Noun

deg

1. large cooking pot

Derived terms

• dekti

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 75
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 238

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

PIE word
*te

Inherited from Middle Norwegian thik, from Old Norse þik (“you; accusative singular of þú”), from Proto-Germanic *þek, from Proto-Indo-European *te-ge, an extension of *te (“you”), the enclitic accusative of *túh₂, with the emphatic particle *-ge. The accusative form also took over the functions of the former dative þér.

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk deg, Danish dig, Swedish dig, Icelandic þig, Faroese teg, German dich and Luxembourgish dech (“you; accusative singular”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæɪ̯/, [dæɪ̯]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -æɪ̯
• Homophone: deig
• Hyphenation: deg

Pronoun

deg (nominative du, plural dere)

1. you; the second-person singular object form of du, used as a direct or indirect object or after a preposition.

   Jeg så deg på bussen. ― I saw you on the bus.

   Jeg skal gi deg et svar i morgen. ― I will give you an answer tomorrow.

   Kan jeg sitte ved siden av deg? ― May I sit next to you?

   • 1852, Henrik Wergeland, Henrik Wergelands Samlede Skrifter, volume I, page 364:

     «La mort sans phrase!» Nu er det sagt om dig af døden selv, Sieyes

     “Death, without qualification!” Now death itself has said it of you, Sieyès.

   • 1926, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede digte, volume I, page 95:

     hil dig, norske by, «Bergen aldrig ny»

     Hail to you, Norwegian town, “Bergen, never new”.

   • 1994, Pål Gerhard Olsen, Den sanne historien, page 168:

     du er heldig som har Dan. Dan er heldig som har deg. Vi er alle heldige

     You are lucky to have Dan. Dan is lucky to have you. We are all lucky.

   1. you; used predicatively or after a comparison with enn or som.

      Å, er det deg? ― Oh, is it you?

      Hun er høyere enn deg. ― She is taller than you.

      hvis jeg var deg — if I were you.

      Hvis jeg var deg, ville jeg ha ringt først. ― If I were you, I would have called first.

      • 1884, Henrik Ibsen, Vildanden, page 171:

        nej, er det dig, Berta!

        Oh, is it you, Berta!

      • 1965, Axel Jensen, Epp, page 35:

        jeg ville ikke ta munnen for full hvis jeg var deg

        I wouldn't make such big claims if I were you.

      • 2004, Levi Henriksen, Snø vil falle over snø som har falt, page 123:

        Han var vel ikke så mye eldre enn deg

        He wasn't that much older than you, was he?

2. (reflexive) yourself; referring back to du, including as the reflexive element of a verb.

   Har du slått deg? ― Have you hurt yourself?

   Du må skynde deg. ― You must hurry.

   deg selv, deg sjøl — yourself, often for emphasis.

   Du må stole på deg selv. ― You must trust yourself.

   for deg selv — by yourself; alone; privately.

   Vil du være litt for deg selv? ― Would you like to be alone for a while?

   Hold dette for deg selv. ― Keep this to yourself.

   • 1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 117:

     Nora, Nora, du er jo rent som fra dig selv!

     Nora, Nora, you are quite beside yourself!

   • 1884, Henrik Ibsen, Vildanden, page 58:

     du tar dig godt ud i kjole, far!

     You look good in a tailcoat, Father!

   • 1919, Nils Collett Vogt, Digte i utvalg, 2nd edition, page 117:

     o Herre, tag mig til dig!

     O Lord, take me to yourself!

   • 2008, Atle Sperre Hermansen, Vikariatet:

     men gi deg nå da, for faen, hvem tror du at du er, egentlig

     Oh, give it a rest, for fuck's sake, who do you think you are, really?

   • 2020, Ole Paus, “Mæsjen og påsjen”, in Pauspoeten, page 155:

     døh, ro deg ned litt da bæsjen

     Hey, calm down a little, you turd.

   • traditional, “Rut [Ruth]”, in Bibelen [The Bible]‎^[2], 2011 translation edition, 3:3:

     Du skal vaske deg og salve deg.

     You shall wash yourself and anoint yourself.

   • traditional, “Matteus [Matthew]”, in Bibelen [The Bible]‎^[3], 2011 translation edition, 22:39:

     Du skal elske din neste som deg selv.

     You shall love your neighbour as yourself.

3. you; used in direct address or an exclamation, typically after an adjective.

   Heldige deg som får reise til Italia! ― Lucky you, getting to go to Italy!

   kjære deg — my dear; used affectionately, pleadingly or reproachfully.

   Men kjære deg, du trenger ikke å beklage! ― But my dear, you don't need to apologize!

   • 1879, “Pandekagen”, in P. Chr. Asbjørnsen, editor, Norske Folke- og Huldre-Eventyr, page 70:

     Aa kjære, vene, snille Dig

     Oh, dear, sweet, kind you.

   • 1988, Knut Faldbakken, Bad boy:

     Men kjære deg da, Hoff. […]

     But really, Hoff, my dear. […]

   • 2008, Wenche-Britt Hagabakken, Kjære Jonny Henriksen:

     Laila, kjære deg, nå går du ut og slutter med dette tullet

     Laila, my dear, now go outside and stop this nonsense.

Usage notes

• Deg is the object form corresponding to du, both when addressing a particular person and when du means a person in general. Reflexive deg refers to the same person as an expressed or understood du; seg is used for the third person.
• Both det er deg and det er du (“it is you”) are accepted in Bokmål, as are større enn deg and større enn du (“bigger than you”). In cleft sentences, the form normally follows its role in the underlying clause: det var du som ringte (“it was you who called”), but det var deg jeg ringte til (“it was you I called”).
• Like du, deg is normal in contemporary formal and official communication. The corresponding traditional polite form is Dem. Modern deg is written with a lowercase initial except where ordinary capitalization requires otherwise; Deg is not a separate polite form.

See also

Norwegian Bokmål personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	min	mi	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	din	di	ditt	dine
		formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (noun)	den		dens
		feminine (noun)
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	sin	si	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
		formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	sin	si	sitt	sine

References

• “deg” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Anagrams

• egd

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːɡ/

Pronoun

deg

1. objective case of du

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

		first person	second person	reflexive	third person
					masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	nominative	eg, je1	du	—	han	ho	det, dat2
	accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom1	ho, henne	det, dat2
	dative2	meg	deg	seg	honom1	henne	di2
	genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes1	dess3
plural	nominative	me, vi, mid2	de, dokker, did2	—	dei
	accusative	oss, okker2	dykk, dokker, øder2	seg	dei, deim2
	dative2	oss, okker2	dykk, dokker, øder2	seg	deim2
	genitive	vår, okkar2	dykkar, dokkar, ødar2	sin	deira, deires1

¹Obsolete. ²Landsmål. ³Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.

References

• “deg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dej/
• Rhymes: -ej

Noun

deġ m (late Kentish, Vespasian Psalter Mercian)

1. alternative form of dæġ

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	deġ	dagas
accusative	deġ	dagas
genitive	deġes	daga
dative	deġe	dagum

(late Kentish)

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	deġ	dægas
accusative	deġ	dægas
genitive	deġes	dæga
dative	deġe	dægum

(Vespasian Psalter Mercian)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːɡ/, [deːɣ]
• Rhymes: -eːɡ

Verb

dēg (Anglian)

1. alternative form of dēag

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːɡ/, [deːɣ]
• Rhymes: -eːɡ

Noun

dēg f (Anglian)

1. alternative form of dēag

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dēg	dēga, dēge
accusative	dēge	dēga, dēge
genitive	dēge	dēga
dative	dēge	dēgum

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːɡ/, [deːɣ]
• Rhymes: -eːɡ

Verb

dēg (Anglian)

1. alternative form of dēog

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dēgher, from Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”).

Compare Norwegian Bokmål deig, Norwegian Nynorsk deig, Icelandic deig, Faroese deiggj, Danish dej.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːɡ/

• Audio:

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Noun

deg c

1. dough; a thick mix of flour and water
2. (uncountable, slang) dough (money)

Declension

Declension of deg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	deg	degs
	definite	degen	degens
plural	indefinite	degar	degars
	definite	degarna	degarnas

Related terms

• digna

See also

• smet

References

• “deg”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “deg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “deg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Volapük

Volapük numbers ^(edit)

		100[a], [b]
←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1
Cardinal: deg     Ordinal: degid

Etymology

From Latin decem or one of its descendants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deɡ/

Numeral

deg

1. ten (10)

   Synonym: (Rigik) bals

   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 19:

     Hifeilan at dalabom jevodis tel e kunis deg.

     This farmer owns two horses and ten cows.

Derived terms

• degid

Further reading

• “deg”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːɡ/
• Rhymes: -eːɡ

Etymology 1

Welsh numbers ^(edit)

		100[a], [b], [c]
←  1	←  9	10	11  → [a], [b]	20  → [a], [b], [c]
		1
Cardinal: deg, (before a nasal or optionally a vowel) deng     Ordinal: degfed     Ordinal abbreviation: 10fed
Welsh Wikipedia article on 10

From Middle Welsh deg, from Proto-Brythonic *deg, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Alternative forms

• deng

Numeral

deg

1. (cardinal number) ten

Noun

deg m (plural degau)

1. ten

Derived terms

• arddegau (“teens”)
• decplyg (“tenfold”)
• degfed (“tenth”)
• degol (“decimal”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deg

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deg	ddeg	neg	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “deg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Etymology 2

Adjective

deg

1. soft mutation of teg

Mutation

Mutated forms of teg

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
teg	deg	nheg	theg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.