engel
التعريفات والمعاني
== Afrikaans ==
=== Etymology ===
From Dutch engel.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
engel (plural engele)
angel
== Danish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Danish ængæl, from Old Norse engill (“angel”), from Old Saxon engil and/or Old English enġel, from Proto-West Germanic *angil, which is borrowed via Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɛŋəl]
=== Noun ===
engel c (singular definite englen or engelen, plural indefinite engle)
angel
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
“engel” in Den Danske Ordbog
“engel” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Dutch engel, from Old Dutch engil, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɛŋəl/
Hyphenation: en‧gel
Rhymes: -ɛŋəl
=== Noun ===
engel m (plural engelen, diminutive engeltje n)
angel
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Afrikaans: engel
Negerhollands: engel
→ Papiamentu: engel
=== Anagrams ===
gelen
legen
== Middle Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Dutch engil, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).
=== Noun ===
engel m
angel, servant of God
fallen angel
==== Inflection ====
==== Alternative forms ====
ingel
==== Descendants ====
Dutch: engelAfrikaans: engelNegerhollands: engel→ Papiamentu: engel
Limburgish: ingel
=== Further reading ===
“inghel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “engel (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
== Middle English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ængel, angel
ennꟑell (Ormulum)
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old English enġel, from Proto-West Germanic *angil, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Merged with aungel in later Middle English.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈeːnd͡ʒəl/ (from nominative singular enġel), /ˈɛnɡəl/ (from oblique engl-)
=== Noun ===
engel (plural engles) (Early Middle English)
An angel; a heavenly messenger of God (usually Christian):
(rare) A human messenger of God.
==== Declension ====
==== References ====
“aunǧel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 October 2018.
== Middle High German ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old High German engil.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈenɡəl/
=== Noun ===
engel m
angel
==== Declension ====
==== Descendants ====
Alemannic German: Ängel, Ängu
Swabian: Engele
Bavarian: Engl
Cimbrian: énghel
German: Engel
→? Yiddish: ענגעל (engel)
Luxembourgish: Engel
→ Latvian: eņģelis
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos), via Old Norse engill.
=== Noun ===
engel m (definite singular engelen, indefinite plural engler, definite plural englene)
an angel
==== Derived terms ====
skytsengel
=== References ===
“engel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos), via Old Norse engill.
=== Noun ===
engel m (definite singular engelen, indefinite plural englar, definite plural englane)
an angel
==== Derived terms ====
skytsengel
=== References ===
“engel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
== Old English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
anġel, ænġel, enġyl, enċġel
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *angil, borrowed from Latin angelus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈen.jel/, [ˈen.d͡ʒel]
=== Noun ===
enġel m (nominative plural englas)
angel
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
==== Declension ====
Strong a-stem:
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Middle English: engel, ængel, angel, ennꟑell (Ormulum)
⇒? Middle English: aungel, angel, angell, angyl, angyll, angylle, aungell, aungil, awngel (Late Middle English), angele, ongel (Early Middle English)English: angel (see there for further descendants)Middle Scots: angel, angellScots: angel
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ottoman Turkish انكل (engel).
Possibly en + gel or a borrowing from Persian انگل (angal).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
engel (definite accusative engeli, plural engeller)
obstacle
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
engellemek
engelli
=== Further reading ===
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “انكل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 166a
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “engel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük