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It's an ordinary German word. Hilariously the Collins dictionary translates it as both "typical" and "strange, peculiar". But those English word choices are amb
by NelsonMinar 5y ago
It's an ordinary German word. Hilariously the Collins dictionary translates it as both "typical" and "strange, peculiar". But those English word choices are ambiguous. I'd say "characteristic" or "exemplary" instead and it covers both definitions. (I'm not a very good German speaker though.) https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/german-english/eigen https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/german-engli...
- _Microft 5y agoIt is an ordinary word but I always made the connection via "zu eigen sein" instead which also gives a lot nicer translations in this case: https://www.dict.cc/?s=eigen+sein https://www.dict.cc/?s=eigen+sein