Easteregg

German

Alternative forms

  • Easter Egg (proscribed but more common)
  • Easter-Egg

Etymology

Borrowed from English Easter egg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiːstɐˌʔɛk]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Eas‧ter‧egg

Noun

Easteregg n (strong, genitive Eastereggs, plural Eastereggs)

  1. (computing) Easter egg

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 Easteregg [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Easteregg die Eastereggs
genitive eines des Eastereggs der Eastereggs
dative einem dem Easteregg den Eastereggs
accusative ein das Easteregg die Eastereggs

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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