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deg

Pronunciation: /deːɡ/

“deg” is a Swedish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. dough; a thick mix of flour and water
  2. dough (money)

Etymology

From Old Swedish dēgher, from Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål deig, Norwegian Nynorsk deig, Icelandic deig, Faroese deiggj, Danish dej.

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