Enkel
التعريفات والمعاني
== Albanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἐγχέλιοι (Enkhélioi), an Illyrian tribe.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -el
=== Proper noun ===
Enkel m (definite Enkeli)
a male given name from Illyrian
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
Kostallari, Androkli et al., editors (1982), “Enkél, -i”, in Fjalor me emra njerëzish [Dictionary of personal names] (in Albanian), Tirana: 8 Nëntori, page 151
Marina Dražić, Ivana Antić, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена [Catalogue of the most common Albanian names and surnames][1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 24b
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɛŋkl̩]
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Middle High German enkel, from Old High German enkil, enchil, Proto-West Germanic *ankil, *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”). Cognate with Dutch enkel, English ankle.
==== Noun ====
Enkel m (strong, genitive Enkels, plural Enkel)
(anatomy, regional, Northwestern Germany) ankle
Synonym: Fußknöchel
===== Declension =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Middle High German enikel, enenkel, eninkel, from Old High German *eninkil (attested only in diminutive Old High German eniklīn), from Proto-Germanic *aninkilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-.
==== Noun ====
Enkel m (strong, genitive Enkels, plural Enkel, feminine Enkelin)
grandchild
grandson
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
Enkelkind
Enkelsohn
Enkeltochter
Urenkel
=== Further reading ===
“Enkel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Enkel (Kind, Nachfahre)” in Duden online
“Enkel (Knöchel)” in Duden online
== German Low German ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Low German enkel, ankel, from Old Saxon enkel, ankel, from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.
=== Noun ===
Enkel m (plural Enkels)
(anatomy) ankle
== Luxembourgish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈæŋkel/, [ˈæŋkəl]
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Middle High German enkel, from Old High German ankala, from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.
==== Noun ====
Enkel m (plural Enkelen)
ankle
===== Synonyms =====
Knéchel
=== Etymology 2 ===
From German Enkel, from Old High German eniklīn.
==== Noun ====
Enkel m (plural Enkelen)
grandson
== Pennsylvania German ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle High German eninkel, from Old High German eninchilī, from or related to Proto-West Germanic *anō, from Proto-Germanic *anô (“ancestor”). Compare German Enkel.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɛŋkəl/, [ˈɛŋkl̩]
=== Noun ===
Enkel m (plural Enkle)
grandson