enke
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish ænkia (“widow”), from Old Norse (east) *enkja, (west) ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, cognate with Swedish änka.
Pronunciation
Noun
enke c (singular definite enken, plural indefinite enker)
Declension
Declension of enke
Middle English
Noun
enke
- Alternative form of ynke
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Danish ænkia (“widow”), Old East Norse variant of Old Norse ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ.
Noun
enke f or m (definite singular enka or enken, indefinite plural enker, definite plural enkene)
- a widow (woman whose husband has died)
- (printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column; a widow
Antonyms
References
- “enke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse ekkja (“widow”), via Danish enke.
Noun
enke f (definite singular enka, indefinite plural enker, definite plural enkene)
- widow (a woman whose husband has died)
- (printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column; a widow
Antonyms
References
- “enke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Noun
enke oblique singular, m (oblique plural enkes, nominative singular enkes, nominative plural enke)
- Alternative form of enque