Engel

See also: engel

English

Proper noun

Engel (plural Engels)

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• engle, gleen, glene

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Czech

Proper noun

Engel

1. a surname

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋl̩/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German engel, from Old High German engil from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Cognate with English angel.

Noun

Engel m (strong, genitive Engels, plural Engel, diminutive Engelchen n or Engellein n or Engelein n or Englein n)

1. angel
   • 1997 April 1, Rammstein (lyrics and music), “Engel”, in Sehnsucht [Longing]:

     Gott weiß, ich will kein Engel sein

     God knows, I don't want to be an angel

   Wisst ihr nicht, dass wir über die Engel richten werden?

   Do you not know that we will judge angels?

Declension

Declension of Engel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Engel	die	Engel
genitive	eines	des	Engels	der	Engel
dative	einem	dem	Engel	den	Engeln
accusative	einen	den	Engel	die	Engel

Hyponyms

• Erzengel
• Cherub
• Seraph

Derived terms

Derived terms

• engelhaft
• engelrein
• Engelsburg
• Engelschar
• engelschön
• Engelsflügel
• Engelsgesicht
• engelsgleich
• Engelsmusik
• Engelszungen
• englisch
• gefallener Engel
• Schutzengel

Descendants

• →? Yiddish: ענגעל (engel)

Etymology 2

Short form of given names beginning with Engel-, such as Engelbert. Also a nickname for someone with an angelic disposition, or for someone living in a house with a sign of an angel.

Proper noun

Engel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Engels or (with an article) Engel, feminine genitive Engel, plural Engels or Engel)

1. a surname transferred from the given name

Declension

Declension of Engel [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Engel	(eine)	(die)	Engel	(die)	Engels, Engel
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Engels, Engel1	(einer)	(der)	Engel	(der)	Engels, Engel
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Engel	(einer)	(der)	Engel	(den)	Engels, Engel
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Engel	(eine)	(die)	Engel	(die)	Engels, Engel

¹With an article.

Further reading

• “Engel” in Duden online
• “Engel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Engel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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Luxembourgish

Noun

Engel m (plural Engelen)

1. angel

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German engel, from Old High German engil, from Proto-West Germanic *angil, borrowed from Latin angelus, itself from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Noun

Engel m (plural Engel)

1. angel (celestial being, messenger)