Engels

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English

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Engels (surname)

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Engels.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋɡəlz/

Proper noun

Engels (plural Engelses)

1. A surname from German.

   Friedrich Engels

Derived terms

• Engels' pause

Translations

surname

Armenian: Էնգելս (hy) (Ēngels) Chinese: Mandarin: 恩格斯 (zh) (Ēngésī) German: Engels (de) Greek: Ένγκελς (el) (Éngkels) Japanese: エンゲルス (Engerusu) Russian: Э́нгельс (ru) (Éngelʹs)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Engels

1. plural of Engel

Anagrams

• engles, gleens, glenes

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Engels.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ̃ˑŋəls/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Engels

1. English (the language)

Adjective

Engels (attributive Engelse, not comparable)

1. English

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋəls/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: En‧gels
• Rhymes: -ɛŋəls

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

Engels (comparative Engelser, superlative meest Engels or Engelst)

1. English

Declension

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	—

Alternative forms

• (obsolete spelling) Engelsch

Derived terms

• Engels gras
• Engelse
• Engelse alant
• Engelse drop
• Engelse kwikstaart
• Engelse wals
• Engelsman
• verengelsen

Proper noun

Engels n

1. English (language)

Alternative forms

• (obsolete spelling) Engelsch

Derived terms

• Engelssprekend
• Middelengels
• Nieuwengels
• Oudengels
• Vroegnieuwengels

Related terms

• Engeland

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: engels
• Afrikaans: Engels

Etymology 2

From engel +‎ -s.

Adjective

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

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	—

Alternative forms

• (obsolete spelling) Engelsch

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋl̩s/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

Engels

1. genitive singular of Engel

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

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

Declension

Declension of Engels [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Engels	(eine)	(die)	Engels	(die)	Engels, Engelsens
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Engels', Engels1	(einer)	(der)	Engels	(der)	Engels, Engelsens
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Engels	(einer)	(der)	Engels	(den)	Engels, Engelsens
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Engels	(eine)	(die)	Engels	(die)	Engels, Engelsens

¹With an article.