No. 7,949 in Dutch
eitje
A small egg.
In a sentence
Ik at een eitje bij het ontbijt.
I ate an egg for breakfast.
The word 'eitje' here is a diminutive form of 'ei' (egg) and is used to refer to a small egg or as a cute or familiar way to refer to an egg.
Een ei bakken is een eitje!
Frying an egg is a piece of cake!
In this context, 'eitje' is used idiomatically to mean something is very easy to do, akin to 'a piece of cake' in English.
Zij gaf mij een eitje om te kijken wat ik ermee zou doen.
She gave me an egg to see what I would do with it.
Here, 'eitje' once again refers to an actual egg in a diminutive form, suggesting tenderness, size, or even a sense of curiosity.
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