Engels

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English

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Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

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Engels (plural Engelses)

  1. A surname from German.
    Friedrich Engels
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Engels

  1. plural of Engel

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch Engels.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ̃ˑŋəls/
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Proper noun

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Engels

  1. English (the language)

Adjective

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Engels (attributive Engelse, not comparable)

  1. English

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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Engels (comparative Engelser, superlative meest Engels or Engelst)

  1. English
Declension
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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
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Proper noun

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Engels n

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

Etymology 2

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From engel +‎ -s.

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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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
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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

German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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Engels

  1. genitive singular of Engel

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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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
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