oog

From Dutch oog, from Middle Dutch oge, from Old Dutch ōga, ouga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

• IPA^(key): /oəχ/

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oog (plural oë, diminutive ogie)

1. (anatomy) eye

• IPA^(key): /oːx/

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• Hyphenation: oog
• Rhymes: -oːx

From Middle Dutch ôge, from Old Dutch ōga, ouga, from Proto-West Germanic *augā (“eye”), Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

oog n (plural ogen, diminutive oogje n)

1. eye
2. pip (of dice)
3. eye of a needle
4. eye (of a peacock's tail)
5. eye (of a storm)
6. sight, vision, gaze

• Afrikaans: oog
• Jersey Dutch: ôx, ôxe
• Negerhollands: oogo, hoogo, hogo, oog
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: hogo (dated)
• Skepi Creole Dutch: hogo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

oog

1. inflection of ogen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Related to (obsolete) English ea and Latin aqua.

• ei (in the compound noun eiland (“island”))
• ouw

oog f (plural ogen, diminutive oogje n)

1. (only in proper names) island

   Synonyms: eiland, (archaic) insel

• goo