engel

See also: Engel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch engel.

Noun

engel (plural engele)

1. angel

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse engill (“angel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnɡəl/, [ˈɛŋl̩]

Noun

engel c (singular definite englen or engelen, plural indefinite engle)

1. angel

Inflection

Declension of engel

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	engel	englen engelen	engle	englene
genitive	engels	englens engelens	engles	englenes

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch engel, from Old Dutch engil, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋəl/

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• Hyphenation: en‧gel
• Rhymes: -ɛŋəl

Noun

engel m (plural engelen, diminutive engeltje n)

1. angel

Derived terms

• doodsengel
• engel des doods
• engelenbak
• worgengel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: engel

Anagrams

• legen

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch engil, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Noun

engel m

1. angel, servant of God
2. fallen angel

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• ingel

Descendants

• Dutch: engel
  • Afrikaans: engel
• Limburgish: ingel

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

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Middle English

Noun

engel

1. Alternative form of aungel

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Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German engil.

Noun

engel m

1. angel

Declension

Declension of engel

	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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos), via Old Norse engill

Noun

engel m (definite singular engelen, indefinite plural engler, definite plural englene)

1. an angel

Derived terms

• skytsengel

References

• “engel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos), via Old Norse engill

Noun

engel m (definite singular engelen, indefinite plural englar, definite plural englane)

1. an angel

Derived terms

• skytsengel

References

• “engel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Alternative forms

• anġel, ænġel, enġyl

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *angil, borrowed from Latin angelus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈen.jel/, [ˈen.d͡ʒel]

Noun

enġel m

1. angel

   Slǣp þū swōte. Iċ hopiġe þæt þē mǣte be englum.

   Sleep well. I hope you dream about angels.

Declension

Declension of engel (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	enġel	englas
accusative	enġel	englas
genitive	engles	engla
dative	engle	englum

Derived terms

• enġelcund
• enġellīċ
• hēahenġel

Descendants

• Middle English: (contaminated by Anglo-Norman angle) aungel, engel, angel, ængel, aungil, aungell, angell, angyl, angyll, angylle, awngel, enngell
  • English: angel (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: angel, aungel

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Turkish

Noun

engel (definite accusative engeli, plural engeller)

1. obstacle

Synonyms

• mâni