Ee

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ee"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 余 (Î).

Proper noun

Ee (countable and uncountable, plural Ees)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ee is the 95,955^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 190 individuals. Ee is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (67.37%) individuals.

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• E-e

Etymology

From Old High German ēwa, from Proto-Germanic *aiwǭ, *aiwaz (“law, custom”). Cognate with German Ehe, Dutch eeuw (“century”), Icelandic æ (“always”).

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): [eə]

Noun

Ee f

1. marriage
   • 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):

     Säged Si, Her Dokchter, Si füred doch ä glükchlichi E-e?

     Tell me, doctor, do you have a happy marriage?

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as ee in 1450. Originally a hydronym derived from Old Frisian ē (“watercourse, stream”). The Dutch version of the toponym derives from an older version of the Frisian name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ee
• Rhymes: -eː

Proper noun

Ee n

1. A village and former municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands

Related terms

• a
• Aa

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German ei, from Proto-Germanic *ajją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

Ee n (plural Eeër)

1. egg

Derived terms

• eeneeëg
• Eewäiss
• Eegiel
• zweeeeëg

Tlingit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

Ee (lower case ee)

1. (US) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: Ì

See also

• Canada: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à,  â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
• US: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․