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Middle English
Noun
ankel
- Alternative form of ancle
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German ankel, enkel.
Noun
ankel m (definite singular ankelen, indefinite plural ankler, definite plural anklene)
- (anatomy) an ankle (joint between leg and foot)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German ankel, enkel, from Norwegian Bokmål ankel.
Pronunciation
Noun
ankel m (definite singular ankelen, indefinite plural anklar, definite plural anklane)
- (anatomy) an ankle (joint between leg and foot)
References
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German ankel, enkel.
Noun
ankel c
- (anatomy) a malleolus (on either side of the ankle joint)
- Synonym: fotknöl
- (anatomy) an ankle (joint between leg and foot)
- Synonym: vrist
Declension
Further reading
Anagrams
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From English uncle.
Noun
ankel
- paternal uncle; one's father's brother