Engel

== English == === Proper noun === Engel (plural Engels) A surname from German. === Anagrams === Engle, engle, glene, gleen == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Engel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛŋɡɛl] === Proper noun === Engel m anim (female equivalent Engelová) a male surname from German ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Engel”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛŋl̩/ === 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 ===== Declension ===== ===== Hyponyms ===== Erzengel Cherub Seraph ===== Derived terms ===== ===== 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 ===== === 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) angel == 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)