enkel

See also: Enkel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋ.kəl/

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• Hyphenation: en‧kel

Etymology 1

Adjective

enkel (not comparable)

1. single
2. only, sole

Inflection

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

• enkelbaans
• enkelvoud
• enkeling

Adverb

enkel

1. exclusively, only

Synonyms

• alleen

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch enkel, ankel, from Old Dutch *enkal, *ankal, from Proto-Germanic *ankalaz.

Cognate with German Enkel, English ankle, Low German Ankel, Danish and Swedish ankel.

Noun

enkel m (plural enkels, diminutive enkeltje n)

1. (anatomy) ankle

Anagrams

• leken

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

enkel (neuter singular enkelt, definite singular and plural enkle, comparative enklere, indefinite superlative enklest, definite superlative enkleste)

1. easy
2. simple

Derived terms

• enkelhet

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

enkel (neuter singular enkelt, definite singular and plural enkle, comparative enklare, indefinite superlative enklast, definite superlative enklaste)

1. easy
2. simple

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Old Saxon

Noun

enkel m

1. Alternative form of ankel

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋ.kɛl/

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Adjective

enkel

1. simple, single; of one layer

   En enkel whiskey, tack

2. easy, simple; not difficult
3. simple, uncomplicated
4. 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 simple cup of coffee, no sugar or other weird things in it.

5. single

   Vill du ha en enkelbiljett?

   Do you want a one way ticket?

Declension

Inflection of enkel
Indefinite/attributive	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 an attributive role.

Antonyms

• (easy): svår, komplicerad
• (plain): tillkrånglad
• (single): dubbel, multipel

Synonyms

• (easy): lätt, simpel

See also

• enkelhet
• helt enkelt
• förenkla
• enkelbiljett