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egentlig

Pronunciation: /eːˀɣəntli/

“egentlig” is a Danish word. Its 9 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. real, actual
  2. essential, important
  3. positive (definitely laid down, explicitly stated)
  4. proper

adverb

  1. really, actually
  2. after all
  3. exactly, precisely
  4. strictly speaking
  5. originally

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German ēgentlik (“actual”), related to Swedish egentlig, German eigentlich, Dutch eigenlijk. Derived from the adjective Middle Low German ēgen (“own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz, cf. Danish egen, German eigen, English own.

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