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ej
See eje (“to own”).
ej
- imperative of eje
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ej
- (colloquial) used to express surprise, irritation, reproach, annoyance and other emotions
- Ej, hvor er den nuttet!
- Aw, how cute it is!
- Ej, det mener du ikke!
- Urgh, you cannot be serious!
- Ej, hvor er den nuttet!
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- indicates anger, like when telling someone off
- indicates surprise
- ej in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ej in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
ej
- inflection of iet:
ej m inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter e/E.
ej
From hej through elision of the voiceless glottal fricative (h-dropping).
ej
From Old Norse eigi. Cognate with Icelandic ei. Seemingly unrelated to Finnish ei.
- Rhymes: -ɛj
ej (not comparable)
- (often formal or poetic outside certain expressions) not
Tro det eller ej.
- Believe it or not.
(Jag) Vet ej.
- (I) Don't know.
Gäller ej.
- Does not apply.
May also be used over longer synonym inte in informal chatting online because of its shortness.
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- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “eh”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[2], Lyon
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- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ʔe˥/
- Tone numbers: e3
- Hyphenation: ej