enkel
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛŋ.kəl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: en‧kel
- Rhymes: -ɛŋkəl
Adjective
enkel (not comparable)
- single
- only, sole
Inflection
| Inflection of enkel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- enkelbaans
- enkelvoud
- enkeling
Adverb
enkel
- exclusively, only
Synonyms
- alleen
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch enkel, ankel, from Old Dutch *enkal, *ankal, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.
Noun
enkel m (plural enkels, diminutive enkeltje n)
- ankle
Anagrams
- leken
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
enkel (neuter singular enkelt, definite singular and plural enkle, comparative enklere, indefinite superlative enklest, definite superlative enkleste)
- easy
- simple
Derived terms
- enkelhet
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛŋkɛl/
Adjective
enkel (neuter singular enkelt, definite singular and plural enkle, comparative enklare, indefinite superlative enklast, definite superlative enklaste)
- easy
- simple
Further reading
- “enkel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon
Noun
enkel m
- Alternative form of ankel
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish enkil, from Middle Low German enkel, from Proto-Germanic *ainkila-, equivalent to en (“one”) + -el. 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
- IPA(key): /ˈɛŋ.kɛl/
audio (file)
Adjective
enkel
- simple, single; of one layer
- En enkel whiskey, tack.
- A single shot of whiskey, please.
- En enkel whiskey, tack.
- easy, simple; not difficult
- Att lära sig ett främmande språk är inte alltid enkelt.
- Learning a foreign language isn't always easy.
- Att lära sig ett främmande språk är inte alltid enkelt.
- simple, uncomplicated
- Lisa har en enkel våning utan dekorationer.
- Lisa has a simple apartment without decorations.
- Lisa har en enkel våning utan dekorationer.
- plain, simple; containing only the most fundamental parts
- Jag vill bara ha en enkel kopp kaffe, inget socker eller andra konstigheter i.
- I only want a plain cup of coffee, no sugar or other weird things in it.
- Jag vill bara ha en enkel kopp kaffe, inget socker eller andra konstigheter i.
- single
- Vill du ha en enkelbiljett?
- Do you want a one-way ticket?
- Vill du ha en enkelbiljett?
Declension
| Inflection of enkel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | enkel | enklare | enklast |
| Neuter singular | enkelt | enklare | enklast |
| Plural | enkla | 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. | |||
Synonyms
- (easy): lätt, simpel
Antonyms
- (easy): svår, komplicerad
- (plain): tillkrånglad
- (single): dubbel, multipel
See also
- enkelhet
- helt enkelt
- förenkla
- enkelbiljett
References
- enkel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
- enkel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)