Engels

See also: engels

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Engels.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛŋɡəlz/

Proper noun

Engels (plural Engelses)

  1. A surname from German.
    Friedrich Engels
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Engels

  1. plural of Engel

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Engels.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ̃ˑŋəls/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Engels

  1. English (the language)

Adjective

Engels (attributive Engelse, not comparable)

  1. English

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛŋəls/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: En‧gels
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋəls

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch engelsch, engelsc, inhelsc; compare Old English Englisċ.

Adjective

Engels (comparative Engelser, superlative meest Engels or Engelst)

  1. English
Declension
Declension of Engels
uninflected Engels
inflected Engelse
comparative Engelser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial Engels Engelser het Engelst
het Engelste
indefinite m./f. sing. Engelse Engelsere Engelste
n. sing. Engels Engelser Engelste
plural Engelse Engelsere Engelste
definite Engelse Engelsere Engelste
partitive Engels Engelsers —
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Proper noun

Engels n

  1. English (language)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Jersey Dutch: engels
  • Afrikaans: Engels

Etymology 2

From engel +‎ -s.

Adjective

Engels (comparative Engelser, superlative meest Engels or Engelst)

  1. (obsolete) angelical
    Synonym: engelachtig
    • 1654, Joost van den Vondel, Lucifer:
      Hy, die te vore door een Engelsche Majesteit ondersteunt, Gode aengenaem en waert was, borst, toen hy den mensch naer Godts beelt geschapen zagh, door eenen boosaerdigen naeryver uit, […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Engels
uninflected Engels
inflected Engelse
comparative Engelser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial Engels Engelser het Engelst
het Engelste
indefinite m./f. sing. Engelse Engelsere Engelste
n. sing. Engels Engelser Engelste
plural Engelse Engelsere Engelste
definite Engelse Engelsere Engelste
partitive Engels Engelsers —
Alternative forms

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛŋl̩s/
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Etymology 1

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Noun

Engels

  1. genitive singular of Engel

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Engels m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Engels' or (with an article) Engels, feminine genitive Engels, plural Engels or Engelsens)

  1. a surname
Declension
Declension of Engels [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Engels (eine) (die) Engels (die) Engels, Engelsens
genitive (eines) (des) Engels', Engels1 (einer) (der) Engels (der) Engels, Engelsens
dative (einem) (dem) Engels (einer) (der) Engels (den) Engels, Engelsens
accusative (einen) (den) Engels (eine) (die) Engels (die) Engels, Engelsens

1With an article.

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