Noun: engel
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | engel |
| Sg. definite | englen; engelen |
| Pl. indefinite | engle |
| Pl. definite | englene |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | engels |
| Sg. definite | englens; engelens |
| Pl. indefinite | engles |
| Pl. definite | englenes |
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Etymology
From Old Danish ængæl, from Old Norse engill (“angel”), from Old Saxon engil and/or Old English enġel, from Proto-West Germanic *angil, which is borrowed via Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
engill', Old English Nouns '
enġel', Latin Nouns '
angelus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἄγγελος'.
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