enkel
Afrikaans
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Dutch enkel, from Middle Dutch enkel.
Adjective
[edit]enkel (attributive enkele, not comparable)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Dutch enkel, from Middle Dutch enkel, ankel, from Old Dutch *enkal, *ankal, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.
Noun
[edit]enkel (plural enkels, diminutive enkeltjie)
Derived terms
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Middle Low German enkel, see also en (“one”)
Adjective
[edit]enkel (neuter enkelt, plural and definite singular attributive enkle, comparative enklere, superlative (predicative) enklest, superlative (attributive) enkleste)
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch enkel.
Adjective
[edit]enkel (not comparable)
- single
- Hij is een enkel kind. ― He is an only child.
- Ze heeft een enkel paar schoenen. ― She has a single pair of shoes.
- only, sole
- Deze oplossing is de enkel mogelijke uitkomst. ― This solution is the sole possible outcome.
- Het is de enkel juiste beslissing. ― It's the only right decision.
Declension
[edit]Declension of enkel | ||||
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uninflected | enkel | |||
inflected | enkele | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | enkel | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | enkele | ||
n. sing. | enkel | |||
plural | enkele | |||
definite | enkele | |||
partitive | enkels |
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]enkel
- exclusively, only, solely
- Synonyms: alleen, uitsluitend
- Dit product is enkel verkrijgbaar in gespecialiseerde winkels. ― This product is available exclusively in specialized stores.
- Hij richt zich enkel op zijn studie en niets anders. ― He focuses only on his studies and nothing else.
- Ze werkt enkel met biologische ingrediënten in haar restaurant. ― She works solely with organic ingredients in her restaurant.
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Dutch enkel, ankel, from Old Dutch *enkal, *ankal, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.
Noun
[edit]enkel m (plural enkels, diminutive enkeltje n)
- ankle
- Hij verstuikte zijn enkel tijdens het sporten. ― He sprained his ankle while playing sports.
- Ze draagt een bandage om haar geblesseerde enkel te ondersteunen. ― She is wearing a bandage to support her injured ankle.
- Ik voel wat pijn in mijn linker enkel na het joggen. ― I feel some pain in my left ankle after jogging.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
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[edit]Middle Low German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]enkel n
Descendants
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Low German eneste, related to en
Adjective
[edit]enkel (neuter singular enkelt, definite singular and plural enkle, comparative enklere, indefinite superlative enklest, definite superlative enkleste)
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German [Term?].
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]enkel (neuter singular enkelt, definite singular and plural enkle, comparative enklare, indefinite superlative enklast, definite superlative enklaste)
Further reading
[edit]- “enkel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon
[edit]Noun
[edit]enkel m
- Alternative form of ankel
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish enkil, from Middle Low German enkel, from Proto-Germanic *ainkila-, equivalent to en (“one”) + -el. Compare etymology of English simple. Cognate with Danish enkel, enkelt, Norwegian enkel, Icelandic ekkil, Dutch enkel and Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls). Compare also Latin singulus with the same suffix. See also änka (“widow”) and änkling (“widower”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]enkel
- simple, easy (not difficult)
- Synonym: lätt
- Antonyms: (difficult) svår, (complicated) komplicerad
- Att lära sig ett främmande språk är inte alltid enkelt
- Learning a foreign language isn't always easy
- en enkel uppgift
- a simple task
- Vi vill göra det enklare att resa med tåg
- We want to make it easier to travel by train
- simple (not complex)
- Antonym: komplex
- en båt med en enkel konstruktion
- a boat with a simple construction
- Jag är en enkel man
- I'm a simple man
- simple (plain)
- Lisa bor i en enkel våning utan dekorationer
- Lisa lives in a simple apartment without decorations
- Jag vill bara ha en enkel kopp kaffe utan socker eller andra konstigheter i
- I just want a simple cup of coffee without sugar or other weird things in it
- single (not double or more)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of enkel | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | enkel | enklare | enklast |
Neuter singular | enkelt | enklare | enklast |
Plural | enkla | enklare | enklast |
Masculine plural3 | enkle | enklare | enklast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | enkle | enklare | enklaste |
All | enkla | enklare | enklaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ enkel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ enkel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛŋkəl
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- nl:Body parts
- nl:One
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- sv:One