enorm
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French enorme. See enormous.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
enorm (comparative more enorm, superlative most enorm)
- (obsolete) enormous
- 1609, Ammianus Marcellinus, translated by Philemon Holland, The Roman Historie, […], London: […] Adam Jslip, →OCLC:
- The Alani […] wander […] in […] enorme and huge cantons
References edit
- “enorm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
enorm
Inflection edit
Inflection of enorm | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | enorm | — | —2 |
Indefinite 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 edit
- “enorm” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch enorm, from Middle French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
enorm (not comparable)
Inflection edit
Inflection of enorm | ||||
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uninflected | enorm | |||
inflected | enorme | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | enorm | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | enorme | ||
n. sing. | enorm | |||
plural | enorme | |||
definite | enorme | |||
partitive | enorms |
Adverb edit
enorm
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
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 quotation)
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
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 |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
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 |
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French énorme and German enorm.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
enorm (masculine enormen, neuter enormt, comparative méi enorm, superlative am enormsten)
Declension edit
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.
Adjective edit
enorm (neuter singular enormt, definite singular and plural enorme)
References edit
- “enorm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
enorm (neuter enormt, definite singular and plural enorme, comparative meir enorm, superlative mest enorm)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “enorm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
enórm m or n (feminine singular enormă, masculine plural enormi, feminine and neuter plural enorme)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Adverb edit
enórm
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.
Adjective edit
enorm (comparative mer enorm, superlative mest enorm)
Declension edit
Inflection of enorm | |||
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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 |