engel
Afrikaans
Etymology
Noun
engel (plural engele)
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse engill (“angel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
engel c (singular definite englen or engelen, plural indefinite engle)
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch engel, from Old Dutch engil, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).
Pronunciation
Noun
engel m (plural engelen, diminutive engeltje n)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: engel
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch engil, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).
Noun
engel m
- angel, servant of God
- fallen angel
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
Descendants
Further reading
- “inghel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “engel (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English
Noun
engel
- Alternative form of aungel
Middle High German
Etymology
From Old High German engil.
Noun
engel m
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | engel | engel(e) |
accusative | engel | engel(e) |
genitive | engel(e)s | engel(e) |
dative | engel(e) | engel(e)n |
Descendants
- Alemannic German: Ängel, Ängu
- Swabian: Engele
- Bavarian: Engl
- Cimbrian: énghel
- German: Engel
- Luxembourgish: Engel
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos), via Old Norse engill
Noun
engel m (definite singular engelen, indefinite plural engler, definite plural englene)
- an angel
Derived terms
References
- “engel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos), via Old Norse engill
Noun
engel m (definite singular engelen, indefinite plural englar, definite plural englane)
- an angel
Derived terms
References
- “engel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *angil, borrowed from Latin angelus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).
Pronunciation
Noun
enġel m
- angel
- Slǣp þū swōte. Iċ hopiġe þæt þē mǣte be englum.
- Sleep well. I hope you dream about angels.
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: (contaminated by Anglo-Norman angle) aungel, engel, angel, ængel, aungil, aungell, angell, angyl, angyll, angylle, awngel, enngell
Turkish
Noun
engel (definite accusative engeli, plural engeller)
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