engel

See also:Engelandəngəl

Afrikaans

Etymology

FromDutchengel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

engel(pluralengele)

1. angel

Danish

Etymology

FromOld Norseengill(“angel”),borrowed fromOld Saxonengiland/orOld Englishenġel,fromProto-West Germanic*angil,which is borrowed viaLatinangelus,fromAncient Greekἄγγελος(ángelos,“messenger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈɛŋəl]

Noun

engelc(singular definiteenglenorengelen,plural indefiniteengle)

1. angel

Inflection

Declension ofengel

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

Dutch

Etymology

FromMiddle Dutchengel,fromOld Dutchengil,fromLatinangelus,fromAncient Greekἄγγελος(ángelos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɛŋəl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:en‧gel
• Rhymes:-ɛŋəl

Noun

engelm(pluralengelen,diminutiveengeltjen)

1. angel

Derived terms

• aartsengel
• alsof er een engeltje op je tong piest
• beschermengel
• doodsengel
• engel des doods
• engelachtig
• engelbewaarder
• engelenbak
• engelengeduld
• engelenhaar
• engelenkoor
• engelenmis
• engelenzang
• engelin
• engelwortel
• worgengel

Descendants

• Afrikaans:engel
• Negerhollands:engel
• →Papiamentu:engel

Anagrams

• gelen
• legen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

FromOld Dutchengil,fromLatinangelus,fromAncient Greekἄγγελος(ángelos).

Noun

engelm

1. angel,servantofGod
2. fallen angel

Inflection

This noun needs aninflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• ingel

Descendants

• Dutch:engel
  • Afrikaans:engel
  • Negerhollands:engel
  • →Papiamentu:engel
• Limburgish:ingel

Further reading

• “inghel”,inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J.(1885–1929) “engel (II)”,inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek,The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN,page II

Middle English

Noun

engel

1. Alternative form ofaungel

Middle High German

Etymology

InheritedfromOld High Germanengil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(before 13^thCE)/ˈeŋɡəl/

Noun

engelm

1. angel

Declension

Declension ofengel(masculine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	engel	die	engel,engele
genitive	eines	dës	engels,engeles	dër	engel,engele
dative	eime	dëm	engel,engele	dën	engeln,engelen
accusative	einen	dën	engel	die	engel,engele

Descendants

• Alemannic German:Ängel,Ängu

  Swabian:Engele

• Bavarian:Engl

  Cimbrian:énghel

• German:Engel
  • →?Yiddish:ענגעל(engel)
• Luxembourgish:Engel
• →Latvian:eņģelis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

FromAncient Greekἄγγελος(ángelos),viaOld Norseengill.

Noun

engelm(definite singularengelen,indefinite pluralengler,definite pluralenglene)

1. anangel

Derived terms

• skytsengel

References

• “engel”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

FromAncient Greekἄγγελος(ángelos),viaOld Norseengill.

Noun

engelm(definite singularengelen,indefinite pluralenglar,definite pluralenglane)

1. anangel

Derived terms

• skytsengel

References

• “engel”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• anġel,ænġel,enġyl,enċġel

Etymology

FromProto-West Germanic*angil,borrowed fromLatinangelus,itself borrowed fromAncient Greekἄγγελος(ángelos,“messenger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈen.jel/,[ˈen.d͡ʒel]

Noun

enġelm(nominative pluralenglas)

1. angel

   Slǣp þū swōte. Iċ hopiġe þæt þē mǣte beenglum.

   Sleep well. I hope you dream aboutangels.

   • late 10th century,Ælfric,"Memory of the Saints"

     Seo eahteoðe leahter is superbia gehaten þæt is on ænglisc modigynss gecweden. Seo is ord and ende ælcere synne. Seo geworhteenglasto atelicum deoflum...

     The eighth sin is called Superbia that is called Pride, in English, which is the beginning and end of every sin; it madeangelsinto horrible devils,...

Declension

Stronga-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	enġel	englas
accusative	enġel	englas
genitive	engles	engla
dative	engle	englum

Derived terms

• enġelcund
• enġellīċ
• hēahenġel

Descendants

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

Turkish

Etymology

Possiblyen+‎gel.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

engel(definite accusativeengeli,pluralengeller)

1. obstacle

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	engel
Definite accusative	engeli
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	engel	engeller
Definite accusative	engeli	engelleri
Dative	engele	engellere
Locative	engelde	engellerde
Ablative	engelden	engellerden
Genitive	engelin	engellerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular engelim engellerim 2nd singular engelin engellerin 3rd singular engeli engelleri 1st plural engelimiz engellerimiz 2nd plural engeliniz engelleriniz 3rd plural engelleri engelleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular engelimi engellerimi 2nd singular engelini engellerini 3rd singular engelini engellerini 1st plural engelimizi engellerimizi 2nd plural engelinizi engellerinizi 3rd plural engellerini engellerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular engelime engellerime 2nd singular engeline engellerine 3rd singular engeline engellerine 1st plural engelimize engellerimize 2nd plural engelinize engellerinize 3rd plural engellerine engellerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular engelimde engellerimde 2nd singular engelinde engellerinde 3rd singular engelinde engellerinde 1st plural engelimizde engellerimizde 2nd plural engelinizde engellerinizde 3rd plural engellerinde engellerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular engelimden engellerimden 2nd singular engelinden engellerinden 3rd singular engelinden engellerinden 1st plural engelimizden engellerimizden 2nd plural engelinizden engellerinizden 3rd plural engellerinden engellerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular engelimin engellerimin 2nd singular engelinin engellerinin 3rd singular engelinin engellerinin 1st plural engelimizin engellerimizin 2nd plural engelinizin engellerinizin 3rd plural engellerinin engellerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular engelim engellerim 2nd singular engelsin engellersin 3rd singular engel engeldir engeller engellerdir 1st plural engeliz engelleriz 2nd plural engelsiniz engellersiniz 3rd plural engeller engellerdir

Derived terms

• engellemek
• engelli