ägg

From Old Swedish æg, from Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡː/

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• Homophone: egg

ägg n

1. (zoology, countable) an egg (approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals housing the embryo during its development)
   1. (countable) an egg (used as food, usually from a domestic fowl, especially a chicken)

      koka ägg

      boil eggs

      knäcka ett ägg

      crack an egg

      skala ett ägg

      peel an egg

      äggskal

      eggshell

      ett hårdkokt / löskokt ägg

      a hard-boiled / soft-boiled egg

      äggula / gula

      egg yolk / yolk

      Swedish orthography turns triple consonants in compounds into double consonants, hence "äggula" and not "ägggula."

      äggvita / vita

      egg white / white

   2. (uncountable) egg (the contents of one or more (hen's usually) eggs used as a food)
2. (by extension) an egg (something resembling an egg)

   chokladägg

   chocolate egg

3. (cytology, countable) an egg (egg cell)

   Synonym: äggcell

• hårdkokt (“hard-boiled”)
• löskokt (“soft-boiled”)

• ägg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ägg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ägg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)