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Engel
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engel əngəl
English
+ (surname)
Proper noun
s
en German.
Derived terms
en Engelian
Anagrams
en eegln Engle engle glene gleen
Czech
Etymology
cs :bor de:Engel + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an Engelová
cs m German
Declension
m.an.surname
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈɛŋl̩/
de De-Engel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
From de gmh engel, from de goh engil from de grc ἄγγελος. Cognate with en angel.
Noun
m chen,Englein
angel
de Wisst ihr nicht, dass wir über die Engel richten werden? Do you not know that we will judge angels?
de 1 April 1997 w:Sehnsucht Longing Engel w:Rammstein Gott weiß, ich will kein Engel sein God knows, I don't want to be an angel
Declension
m
Hyponyms
de Erzengel
de Cherub
de Seraph
Derived terms
de engelhaft engelrein Engelsburg Engelschar engelschön Engelsflügel Engelsgesicht engelsgleich Engelsmusik Engelszungen Engerl Engeli englisch gefallener Engel Schutzengel
Descendants
yi ענגעל 1 1
Etymology 2
Short form of given names beginning with Engel-, such as de Engelbert. Also a nickname for someone with an angelic disposition, or for someone living in a house with a sign of an angel.
Proper noun
surname
de given names
Declension
surname
Further reading
de surnames from nicknames
Luxembourgish
Noun
m
angel
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From pdc gmh engel, from pdc goh engil, from pdc gmw-pro *angil, borrowed from pdc la angelus, itself from pdc grc ἄγγελος.
Noun
pdc noun m plural Engel
angel celestial being, messenger
pdc Mythological creatures