zweeeeëg

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From zwee (“two”) +‎ Ee (“egg”) +‎ -eg, after German zweieiig (literally “two-eggy”). Luxembourgish uses ë to indicate hiatus in some cases, but only for the short or reduced vowel [ə]; therefore the spelling is zweeeeëg and not *zweeëeëg.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtsveːˌeːeχ/, [ˈt͡sweːˌʔeː.əɕ]

Adjective

zweeeeëg (masculine zweeeeëgen, neuter zweeeeëgt, not comparable)

dizygotic, non-identical (twins, etc.)

Coordinate terms

eeneeëg (monozygotic, identical (twins, etc))

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