speilegg

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

speil (“mirror”) +‎ egg, a calque of German Spiegelei.

Noun

speilegg n (definite singular speilegget, indefinite plural speilegg, definite plural speilegga or speileggene)

a fried egg

References

“speilegg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

speil (“mirror (Bokmål)”) +‎ egg, a calque of German Spiegelei.

Noun

speilegg n (definite singular speilegget, indefinite plural speilegg, definite plural speilegga)

a fried egg

Synonyms

steikt egg

References

“speilegg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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