Engels
See also: engels
English
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
English Engels
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛŋɡəlz/
Proper noun
Engels (plural Engelses)
- A surname from German.
Derived terms
Translations
surname
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Engels
- plural of Engel
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ̃ˑŋəls/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Engels
- English (the language)
Adjective
Engels (attributive Engelse, not comparable)
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)
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
- (obsolete spelling) Engelsch
Derived terms
Proper noun
Engels n
- English (language)
Alternative forms
- (obsolete spelling) Engelsch
Derived terms
- Engelssprekend
- Middelengels
- Nieuwengels
- Oudengels
- Vroegnieuwengels
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Adjective
Engels (comparative Engelser, superlative meest Engels or Engelst)
- (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
- (obsolete spelling) Engelsch
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛŋl̩s/
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Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
Engels
- 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)
- 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.