figen

From Old Danish fikæ, Old Norse fíkja, ultimately from Latin fīcus (“fig fruit, fig tree”).

The German dialects have forms with -g-: Middle Low German vīge, German Feige, probably from Old French figue (whence also English fig. The Scandinavian form with -k- (cf. also Swedish fikon and Norwegian Bokmål fiken) may have come over Old English fīc. In Danish -k- becomes -g- regularly between vowels.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiːən], [ˈfiːin]

figen c (singular definite figenen, plural indefinite figner or figener)

1. fig (fruit)

• figentræ

• “figen” in Den Danske Ordbog

figen

1. plural of fiich