Engels

See also: engels

English

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Engels (plural Engelses)

  1. A surname from German.
    Friedrich Engels
Translations

Proper noun

Engels

  1. plural of Engel

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ̃ˑŋəls/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Engels

  1. English (the language)

Adjective

Engels (attributive Engelse, not comparable)

  1. English

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Engeland + -s.

Alternative forms

Adjective

Engels (comparative Engelser, superlative meest Engels or Engelst)

  1. English
Inflection
Inflection of Engels
uninflected Engels
inflected Engelse
comparative Engelser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial EngelsEngelserhet Engelst
het Engelste
indefinite m./f. sing. EngelseEngelsereEngelste
n. sing. EngelsEngelserEngelste
plural EngelseEngelsereEngelste
definite EngelseEngelsereEngelste
partitive EngelsEngelsers
Derived terms

Proper noun

Engels n

  1. English (language)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Jersey Dutch: engels

Etymology 2

From engel + -s.

Alternative forms

Adjective

Engels (comparative Engelser, superlative meest Engels or Engelst)

  1. (obsolete) angelical
    • 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, […]
Inflection
Inflection of Engels
uninflected Engels
inflected Engelse
comparative Engelser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial EngelsEngelserhet Engelst
het Engelste
indefinite m./f. sing. EngelseEngelsereEngelste
n. sing. EngelsEngelserEngelste
plural EngelseEngelsereEngelste
definite EngelseEngelsereEngelste
partitive EngelsEngelsers
Synonyms

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

Engels

  1. genitive singular of Engel

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
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