In most passages "self-ownership," or else "personality," would translate the word, but there are some where the thought is so eigen, that is, so peculiar or so thoroughly the author's own, that no English word I can think of would express it.
"The Ego and His Own"
Max Stirner
Wer nicht mit wenigem kann leben, Muss seinen Leib zu eigen geben.
"An anthology of German literature"
Calvin Thomas
10 Alle das Neigen Von Herzen zu Herzen, Ach, wie so eigen Schaffet das Schmerzen!
"An anthology of German literature"
Calvin Thomas