edge

/ɛdʒ/

Etymology: [ 'ej ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English egge, from Old English ecg, from Proto-Germanic *agjō (compare Dutch egge, German Ecke, Swedish egg), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ (“sharp”) (compare Welsh hogi (“to sharpen, hone”), Latin aciēs (“sharp”), acus (“needle”), Latvian ašs, ass (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akis, “needle”), ἀκμή (akmē, “point”), and Persian آس (ās, “grinding stone”)).

Synonyms: advantage, gain, brink, lip, margin, rim, boundary, line, bend, berm, bound, brim, butt, circumference, contour, corner, crook, crust, curb

Antonyms: center, inside, interior, middle, surface, block, disadvantage, lose, wallop, blunt, dull, thicken

English - German translation for "edge"

• edge: Ansatz , Ecke , Kante , Kante , Rahmen , Rand , Saum , Schärfe , Schneide , Vorteil , Zacke , Bande
• edge: einfassen
• edged: kantig , scharf
• edges: Kanten , Seiten
• edging: Einfassung , Kante , Paspel
• edge: antreiben , drängen , schieben , einfassen , säumen , schärfen , umsäumen
• edged: umrandet
• edging: paspel