engerling

== Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Engerling, from Middle High German engerlinc, from Old High German engiring (10th c.), diminutive of angar (“large larva”) (compare modern dialectal German Anger, Inger), from Proto-Germanic *angaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ-ir-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ŋərˌlɪŋ/ Hyphenation: en‧ger‧ling === Noun === engerling m (plural engerlingen, no diminutive) larva of a scarab beetle (family Scarabaeidae)