äga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aga"

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • aͤga (obsolete typography)
  • ega (obsolete)
    In the 6th edition of SAOL (1889), when jern changed to järn, Ega was still spelled with e with the final remark "Skrifves äfven Äga o.s.v." Some derived words never changed, like egen (own), egendom (property), egentlig (proper).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɛːɡa/
  • Rhymes: -²ɛːɡa
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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish ǣgha, from Old Norse eiga, from Proto-Germanic *aigǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *eik-.

Noun

äga c

  1. an estate, grounds, property, land
    i någons ägoin one's possession
Usage notes
  • Ägo in the phrase i någons ägo is an archaic dative form of this noun. The similar-looking archaic genitive form ägo is also the basis for compounds.
Declension
Declension of äga 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative äga ägan ägor ägorna
Genitive ägas ägans ägors ägornas
  • ägobyte
  • ägodel
  • ägolott
  • ägorätt
  • ägoskifte
  • ägoskillnad
  • ägostyckning
  • ägotvist
  • ägovidd

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ǣgha, from Old Norse eiga, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European *eik-.

Verb

äga (present äger, preterite ägde, supine ägt, imperative äg)

  1. to own
    • Karlskrönikan, quoted in 1913, Carl Grimberg, Svenska folkets underbara öden, I. Forntiden och medeltiden intill 1521, page 438
      [] De togo dem från vad de åtte
      och kastade över bord vem de förmådde. []
      [] They took from them what they owned
      and threw overboard whoever they could. []
  2. (Internet slang) to own, to pwn
    Fan vad ägd du blev
    You got totally owned
    Synonym: ega
Usage notes
Conjugation

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