Egge

First attested as op die eygen in 1470. Derived from Middle Dutch eigen (“personally owned land”). The current neighbourhood was named after a home for bachelors that had in turn taken its name from a piece of land.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɣə/
• Hyphenation: Eg‧ge
• Rhymes: -ɛɣə

Egge n

1. a neighbourhood of Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “egge”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Derived in early modern German from the verb eggen, possibly under influence of ecke, also egge (“corner; sharp edge; blade”), whence contemporary Ecke (“corner”). The older Middle High German egede from Old High German egida is only continued dialectally (early modern German eide). The same development in Dutch eg. Cognate to Latin occa, Latin occō (whence Portuguese oco, Spanish hueco).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡə/

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Egge f (genitive Egge, plural Eggen)

1. harrow

• eggen
• Kreiselegge

• “Egge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Egge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon