enig
Danish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]enig
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of enig | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | enig | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | enigt | — | —2 |
Plural | enige | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | enige | — | — |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (unanimous): enstemmig
Related terms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch ênich, from Old Dutch ēnig, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz. Equivalent to een (“one”) + -ig.
Determiner
[edit]enig
- some
- Synonyms: een aantal, een paar, wat
- Enige voorzichtigheid wordt wel op prijs gesteld. ― Some caution is appreciated.
- Hij heeft enige dingen laten zien. ― He showed some things.
- any
Declension
[edit]Declension of enig | ||||
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uninflected | enig | |||
inflected | enige | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | ||||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | enige | ||
n. sing. | enig | |||
plural | enige | |||
definite | enige | |||
partitive |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Adjective
[edit]enig (not comparable)
- only, single
- Synonym: enigst
- Dat was zijn enige kans. ― That was his only chance.
- Quinten is een enig kind. ― Quinten is an only child.
Usage notes
[edit]The superlative form enigst(e) is commonly used, but people may see it as wrong. The form is the grammatically correct superlative, but the use of it is not part of the standard language. See http://taaladvies.net/taal/advies/vraag/262/ (in Dutch) for more information.
Declension
[edit]Declension of enig | ||||
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uninflected | enig | |||
inflected | enige | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | ||||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | enige | ||
n. sing. | enig | |||
plural | enige | |||
definite | enige | |||
partitive |
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly the same as the above. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adjective
[edit]enig (comparative eniger, superlative enigst)
Declension
[edit]Declension of enig | ||||
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uninflected | enig | |||
inflected | enige | |||
comparative | eniger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | enig | eniger | het enigst het enigste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | enige | enigere | enigste |
n. sing. | enig | eniger | enigste | |
plural | enige | enigere | enigste | |
definite | enige | enigere | enigste | |
partitive | enigs | enigers | — |
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]enig (neuter singular enig, definite singular and plural enige)
- agreed, in agreement
- jeg er enig ― I agree
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- einig (Nynorsk)
References
[edit]- “enig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”). Akin to Old Frisian enich, Old Saxon ēnig, Old Norse einigr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]ēniġ (Kentish)
Old Saxon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *ainagaz. Equivalent to ēn + -ig.
Adjective
[edit]ēnig
- any
- Genesis, verse 67
- that ik hier ni mag ēniga huīla libbian
- That I shouldn't live any moment
- Genesis, verse 67
- anyone
- Heliand, verse 2637
- thoh uui hēr te meti habdin garu im te geƀanne sō uui mahtin fargelden mēst tueho uuāri is noh than that iro ēnig thar ēnes gināmi
- Though we had food that we should buy to give him. The most doubt is still there that anyone once felt
- Heliand, verse 2637
Declension
[edit]
Saterland Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Frisian ēnich (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz. Cognates include West Frisian ienich and German einig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]enig (inflected enige)
Adjective
[edit]enig (invariable) (predicative only)
- in agreement
- Wie sunt uus enig. ― We are in agreement.
References
[edit]- Marron C. Fort (2015) “enige”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
- Marron C. Fort (2015) “enig”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]enig (comparative enigare, superlative enigast)
- agreeing, in agreement (sharing the same opinion)
- Alla var eniga om vad som behövde göras
- Everyone agreed on what needed to be done
- Hon var enig med de andra
- She agreed with the others
- De var rörande eniga
- They were in touching agreement ("adorable agreement," agreed very strongly with each other, idiomatic)
- en enig styrelse
- a board in agreement
- unanimous (of a decision or the like)
- Synonym: (closer in tone to unanimous) enhällig
- ett enigt beslut
- a decision everyone agreed on
Declension
[edit]Inflection of enig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | enig | enigare | enigast |
Neuter singular | enigt | enigare | enigast |
Plural | eniga | enigare | enigast |
Masculine plural3 | enige | enigare | enigast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | enige | enigare | enigaste |
All | eniga | enigare | enigaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Antonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- ense (close synonym)
References
[edit]- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish adjectives
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Dutch/eːnəx
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
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- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms suffixed with -ig
- Dutch lemmas
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- Dutch terms with usage examples
- Dutch adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Kentish Old English
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms suffixed with -ig
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon adjectives
- Old Saxon terms with quotations
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/eːnɪɣ
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/eːnɪɣ/2 syllables
- Saterland Frisian lemmas
- Saterland Frisian determiners
- Saterland Frisian indefinite determiners
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- Saterland Frisian terms with usage examples
- Swedish terms with audio links
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