enorm
English
Etymology
From Middle French enorme. See enormous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈnɔː(ɹ)m/
Adjective
enorm (comparative more enorm, superlative most enorm)
- (obsolete) enormous
- 1609, Ammianus Marcellinus, Philemon Holland, transl., The Roman Historie, […], London: […] Adam Jslip, OCLC 606525206:
- The Alani […] wander […] in […] enorme and huge cantons
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References
- enorm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Menor, meron, moner, more'n, morne, morné
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eˈnɒˀm]
Adjective
enorm
- enormous
Inflection
| Inflection of enorm | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | enorm | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | enormt | — | —2 |
| Plural | enorme | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | enorme | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
References
- “enorm” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch enorm, from Middle French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːˈnɔrm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: enorm
- Rhymes: -ɔrm
Adjective
enorm (not comparable)
- enormous
Inflection
| Inflection of enorm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | enorm | |||
| inflected | enorme | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | enorm | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | enorme | ||
| n. sing. | enorm | |||
| plural | enorme | |||
| definite | enorme | |||
| partitive | enorms | |||
Adverb
enorm
- enormously, extremely
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈnɔʁm/
Audio (file)
Adjective
enorm (strong nominative masculine singular enormer, comparative enormer, superlative am enormsten)
- enormous
- Synonym: ungeheuer
- (colloquial, emphatic) very, so
- Synonyms: ungeheuer; see also Thesaurus:sehr
- enorm viel ― so many
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 434:
- „Enorm,“ sagte Hans Castorp, „enorm anschaulich ist sie gemalt, die Haut. Ich glaube, ähnlich gut gemalte ist mir nie vorgekommen. Man meint die Poren zu sehen.“
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Declension
Positive forms of enorm
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist enorm | sie ist enorm | es ist enorm | sie sind enorm | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | enormer | enorme | enormes | enorme |
| genitive | enormen | enormer | enormen | enormer | |
| dative | enormem | enormer | enormem | enormen | |
| accusative | enormen | enorme | enormes | enorme | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der enorme | die enorme | das enorme | die enormen |
| genitive | des enormen | der enormen | des enormen | der enormen | |
| dative | dem enormen | der enormen | dem enormen | den enormen | |
| accusative | den enormen | die enorme | das enorme | die enormen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein enormer | eine enorme | ein enormes | (keine) enormen |
| genitive | eines enormen | einer enormen | eines enormen | (keiner) enormen | |
| dative | einem enormen | einer enormen | einem enormen | (keinen) enormen | |
| accusative | einen enormen | eine enorme | ein enormes | (keine) enormen | |
Comparative forms of enorm
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist enormer | sie ist enormer | es ist enormer | sie sind enormer | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | enormerer | enormere | enormeres | enormere |
| genitive | enormeren | enormerer | enormeren | enormerer | |
| dative | enormerem | enormerer | enormerem | enormeren | |
| accusative | enormeren | enormere | enormeres | enormere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der enormere | die enormere | das enormere | die enormeren |
| genitive | des enormeren | der enormeren | des enormeren | der enormeren | |
| dative | dem enormeren | der enormeren | dem enormeren | den enormeren | |
| accusative | den enormeren | die enormere | das enormere | die enormeren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein enormerer | eine enormere | ein enormeres | (keine) enormeren |
| genitive | eines enormeren | einer enormeren | eines enormeren | (keiner) enormeren | |
| dative | einem enormeren | einer enormeren | einem enormeren | (keinen) enormeren | |
| accusative | einen enormeren | eine enormere | ein enormeres | (keine) enormeren | |
Superlative forms of enorm
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am enormsten | sie ist am enormsten | es ist am enormsten | sie sind am enormsten | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | enormster | enormste | enormstes | enormste |
| genitive | enormsten | enormster | enormsten | enormster | |
| dative | enormstem | enormster | enormstem | enormsten | |
| accusative | enormsten | enormste | enormstes | enormste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der enormste | die enormste | das enormste | die enormsten |
| genitive | des enormsten | der enormsten | des enormsten | der enormsten | |
| dative | dem enormsten | der enormsten | dem enormsten | den enormsten | |
| accusative | den enormsten | die enormste | das enormste | die enormsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein enormster | eine enormste | ein enormstes | (keine) enormsten |
| genitive | eines enormsten | einer enormsten | eines enormsten | (keiner) enormsten | |
| dative | einem enormsten | einer enormsten | einem enormsten | (keinen) enormsten | |
| accusative | einen enormsten | eine enormste | ein enormstes | (keine) enormsten | |
Further reading
- “enorm” in Duden online
- “enorm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Borrowed from French énorme and German enorm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈnoʀm/, [əˈnoʁm]
Adjective
enorm (masculine enormen, neuter enormt, comparative méi enorm, superlative am enormsten)
- enormous
Declension
declension of enorm
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | hien ass enorm | si ass enorm | et ass enorm | si si(nn) enorm | |
| nominative / accusative | attributive and/or after determiner | enormen | enorm | enormt | enorm |
| independent without determiner | enormes | enormer | |||
| dative | after any declined word | enormen | enormer | enormen | enormen |
| as first declined word | enormem | enormem | |||
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.
Adjective
enorm (neuter singular enormt, definite singular and plural enorme)
- enormous
References
- “enorm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːnɔrm/
Adjective
enorm (neuter enormt, definite singular and plural enorme, comparative meir enorm, superlative mest enorm)
- huge, enormous
- Dei fekk etter kvart eit enormt ansvar.
- They eventually got a huge responsibility.
Related terms
- enormt
References
- “enorm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈnorm/
Adjective
enórm m or n (feminine singular enormă, masculine plural enormi, feminine and neuter plural enorme)
- enormous
Declension
Declension of enorm
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | enorm | enormă | enormi | enorme | ||
| definite | enormul | enorma | enormii | enormele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | enorm | enorme | enormi | enorme | ||
| definite | enormului | enormei | enormilor | enormelor | |||
Related terms
- enormitate
Adverb
enórm
- enormously
Swedish
Etymology
From French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.
Adjective
enorm (comparative mer enorm, superlative mest enorm)
- enormous, immense, vast
Declension
| Inflection of enorm | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | enorm | mer enorm | mest enorm |
| Neuter singular | enormt | mer enormt | mest enormt |
| Plural | enorma | mer enorma | mest enorma |
| Masculine plural3 | enorme | mer enorma | mest enorma |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | enorme | mer enorme | mest enorme |
| All | enorma | mer enorma | mest enorma |
| 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 | |||
Anagrams
- ormen, romen