Ei
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ei"
Translingual
Noun
Ei
- The exponential integral, a special function, defined as:
Angami
Letter
Ei
See also
- (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üi üi, A a, Ai ai, I i, Ie ie, U u, Uo uo, E e, Ei ei, O o, Ou ou, K k, Kh kh, G g, Ng ng, C c, Ch ch, J j, Jh jh, Ny ny, T t, Th th, D d, N n, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, Dz dz, P p, Ph ph, B b, M m, Pf pf, Bv bv, Y y, Yh yh, R r, Rh rh, L l, Lh lh, F f, V v, W w, Wh wh, S s, Sh sh, Z z, Zh zh, H h
German
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German ei and Old High German ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.
Cognate with Yiddish איי (ey), Dutch ei, West Frisian aai, English ey and egg, Danish æg.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ei n (strong, genitive Eies or Eis, plural Eier, diminutive Eichen n or Eierchen n or Eilein n)
- egg (all biological senses)
- Willst du dein Ei hart oder weich?
- Do you want your egg hard-boiled or soft-boiled?
- Das befruchtete Ei nistet sich in der Gebärmutter ein.
- The fertilised egg nidates in the uterus.
- something egg-shaped
- (informal, usually in the plural) testicle; ball (also figuratively)
- Mal sehen, ob ihr Eier habt!
- Let’s see if you guys have balls!
- (colloquial, in the plural) bucks (money)
- Kost’ dreißig Eier, der Spaß.
- This thing costs thirty bucks.
- (colloquial, usually vocative, mildly derogatory) clown; foolish bloke
- Da steht „ziehen“, du Ei.
- [The sign] says “pull”, you clown.
Declension
Declension of Ei [neuter, strong]
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Ei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Ei” in Duden online
- Ei on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Ei”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Japanese
Romanization
Ei
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German ei, from Old Saxon ei, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Compare Dutch ei, obsolete English ey, West Frisian aai, Danish æg, German Ei.
Noun
Ei n (plural Eia)
Derived terms
Tlingit
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eː/
Letter
Ei (lower case ei)
See also
- Canada:
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à, Â â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
- US:
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․