tegn

From Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną, cognate with English token and German Zeichen. The noun is derived from the verb *tīhaną (“to show, accuse”) (cf. Danish te (“to behave”), German zeihen (“to accuse”)).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢɑjˀn]

tegn n (singular definite tegnet, plural indefinite tegn)

1. sign
2. token
3. character

• diakritisk tegn

• “tegn” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse teikn or tákn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną (“sign, token”).

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tegn n (definite singular tegnet, indefinite plural tegn, definite plural tegna or tegnene)

1. a sign
2. a character (printed or written letter or symbol)

tegn

1. imperative of tegne

• teikn (Nynorsk)

• “tegn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.