enkel
Afrikaans[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Dutch enkel, from Middle Dutch enkel.
Adjective[edit]
enkel (attributive enkele, not comparable)
Derived terms[edit]
- enkelbank
- enkelbed
- enkelbeentjie
- enkelbreedte
- enkeldekker
- enkeligwerkend
- enkeling
- enkelkaartjie
- enkelkwartiere
- enkelloopgeweer
- enkelmediumskool
- enkelplooi
- enkelreis
- enkelskyfkoppelaar
- enkelspel
- enkelspeler
- enkelspoor
- enkelsteek
- enkelverdiepinghuis
- enkelvoor
- enkelvoorploeg
- enkelvoud
- enkelvoudig
- enkelwoonstel
- enkelwoord
Etymology 2[edit]
From Dutch enkel, from Middle Dutch enkel, ankel, from Old Dutch *enkal, *ankal, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.
Noun[edit]
enkel (plural enkels, diminutive enkeltjie)
Derived terms[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch enkel.
Adjective[edit]
enkel (not comparable)
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of enkel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | enkel | |||
| inflected | enkele | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | enkel | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | enkele | ||
| n. sing. | enkel | |||
| plural | enkele | |||
| definite | enkele | |||
| partitive | enkels | |||
Derived terms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
enkel
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: enkel
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Dutch enkel, ankel, from Old Dutch *enkal, *ankal, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.
Noun[edit]
enkel m (plural enkels, diminutive enkeltje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: enkel
Anagrams[edit]
Middle Low German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
enkel n
Descendants[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Adjective[edit]
enkel (neuter singular enkelt, definite singular and plural enkle, comparative enklere, indefinite superlative enklest, definite superlative enkleste)
Derived terms[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German [Term?].
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
enkel (neuter singular enkelt, definite singular and plural enkle, comparative enklare, indefinite superlative enklast, definite superlative enklaste)
Further reading[edit]
- “enkel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon[edit]
Noun[edit]
enkel m
- Alternative form of ankel
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish enkil, from Middle Low German enkel, from Proto-Germanic *ainkila-, equivalent to en (“one”) + -el. Cognate with Danish enkel, enkelt, Norwegian enkel, Icelandic ekkil, Dutch enkel and Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls). Compare also Latin singulus with the same suffix. See also änka (“widow”) and änkling (“widower”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
enkel
- simple, single; of one layer
- En enkel whiskey, tack.
- A single shot of whiskey, please.
- En enkel whiskey, tack.
- easy, simple; not difficult
- Att lära sig ett främmande språk är inte alltid enkelt.
- Learning a foreign language isn't always easy.
- Att lära sig ett främmande språk är inte alltid enkelt.
- simple, uncomplicated
- Lisa har en enkel våning utan dekorationer.
- Lisa has a simple apartment without decorations.
- Lisa har en enkel våning utan dekorationer.
- plain, simple; containing only the most fundamental parts
- Jag vill bara ha en enkel kopp kaffe, inget socker eller andra konstigheter i.
- I only want a plain cup of coffee, no sugar or other weird things in it.
- Jag vill bara ha en enkel kopp kaffe, inget socker eller andra konstigheter i.
- single
- Vill du ha en enkelbiljett?
- Do you want a one-way ticket?
- Vill du ha en enkelbiljett?
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of enkel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | enkel | enklare | enklast |
| Neuter singular | enkelt | enklare | enklast |
| Plural | enkla | enklare | enklast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | enkle | enklare | enklaste |
| All | enkla | enklare | enklaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (easy): svår, komplicerad
- (plain): tillkrånglad
- (single): dubbel, multipel
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ enkel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ enkel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams[edit]
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- Dutch nouns
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- nl:Body parts
- nl:One
- Middle Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
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