enkel

See also: Enkel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋ.kəl/

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• Hyphenation: en‧kel
• Rhymes: -ɛŋkəl

Etymology 1

Adjective

enkel (not comparable)

1. single
2. 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

1. 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)

1. ankle

Derived terms

• enkelband
• enkelring

Descendants

• Afrikaans: enkel

Anagrams

• leken

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

enkel (neuter singular enkelt, definite singular and plural enkle, comparative enklere, indefinite superlative enklest, definite superlative enkleste)

1. easy
2. simple

Derived terms

• enkelhet

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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)

1. easy
2. simple

Further reading

• “enkel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Saxon

Noun

enkel m

1. Alternative form of ankel

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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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋ.kɛl/

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Adjective

enkel

1. simple, single; of one layer

   En enkel whiskey, tack.

   A single shot of whiskey, please.

2. easy, simple; not difficult

   Att lära sig ett främmande språk är inte alltid enkelt.

   Learning a foreign language isn't always easy.

3. simple, uncomplicated

   Lisa har en enkel våning utan dekorationer.

   Lisa has a simple apartment without decorations.

4. 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.

5. single

   Vill du ha en enkelbiljett?

   Do you want a one-way ticket?

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