Engel
English
Proper noun
Engel (plural Engels)
- A surname from German.
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛŋɡɛl]
Proper noun
Engel m anim (female equivalent Engelová)
- a male surname from German
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Engel | Engelové |
| genitive | Engela | Engelů |
| dative | Engelovi | Engelům |
| accusative | Engela | Engely |
| vocative | Engele | Engelové |
| locative | Engelovi | Engelech |
| instrumental | Engelem | Engely |
Further reading
- “Engel”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛŋl̩/
Audio: (file)
Etymology 1
From Middle High German engel, from Old High German engil from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Cognate with English angel.
Noun
Engel m (strong, genitive Engels, plural Engel, diminutive Engelchen n or Englein n)
- angel
- Wisst ihr nicht, dass wir über die Engel richten werden?
- Do you not know that we will judge angels?
Declension
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- engelhaft
- Engeli
- engelrein
- Engelsburg
- Engelschar
- engelschön
- Engelsflügel
- Engelsgesicht
- engelsgleich
- Engelsmusik
- Engelszungen
- Engerl
- englisch
- gefallener Engel
- Schutzengel
Descendants
- →? Yiddish: ענגעל (engel)
Etymology 2
Short form of given names beginning with Engel-, such as Engelbert. Also a nickname for someone with an angelic disposition, or for someone living in a house with a sign of an angel.
Proper noun
Engel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Engels or (with an article) Engel, feminine genitive Engel, plural Engels or Engel)
- a surname transferred from the given name
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Engel | (eine) | (die) | Engel | (die) | Engels, Engel |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Engels, Engel1 | (einer) | (der) | Engel | (der) | Engels, Engel |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Engel | (einer) | (der) | Engel | (den) | Engels, Engel |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Engel | (eine) | (die) | Engel | (die) | Engels, Engel |
1With an article.
Further reading
- “Engel” in Duden online
- “Engel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Engel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Luxembourgish
Noun
Engel m (plural Engelen)
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German engel, from Old High German engil, from Proto-West Germanic *angil, borrowed from Latin angelus, itself from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).
Noun
Engel m (plural Engel)
- angel (celestial being, messenger)