Easter Egg

See also: easter egg and Easter egg

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Easter egg.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Easter Egg n (strong, genitive Easter Eggs, plural Easter Eggs)

  1. (proscribed, computing) alternative spelling of Easteregg
    • 2013 April 19, Michael Brake, “Video der Woche: Tausend tanzende Mauszeiger”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[2], →ISSN:
      Gebaut wurde das alles von Roul Wouters und seinem Designstudio Moniker aus Amsterdam, […] das als Easter Egg in der browsereigenen JavaScript-Konsole noch ein wenig Making-of-Erklärungen versteckt hat.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

  • The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of two nouns be written solid (Easteregg) or, if it improves legibility, hyphenated (Easter-Egg). The spaced spelling (Easter Egg) is proscribed.[1]

Declension

Declension of Easter Egg [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Easter Egg die Easter Eggs
genitive eines des Easter Eggs der Easter Eggs
dative einem dem Easter Egg den Easter Eggs
accusative ein das Easter Egg die Easter Eggs

References

  1. ^ “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden‎[1] (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 20 January 2023
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