enorm

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English

Etymology

From Middle French enorme. See enormous.

Pronunciation

Adjective

enorm (comparative more enorm, superlative most enorm)

  1. (obsolete) enormous

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

enorm

  1. enormous

Inflection

Inflection of enorm
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.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch enorm, from Middle French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːˈnɔrm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: enorm
  • Rhymes: -ɔrm

Adjective

enorm (not comparable)

  1. enormous

Declension

Declension of enorm
uninflected enorm
inflected enorme
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial enorm
indefinite m./f. sing. enorme
n. sing. enorm
plural enorme
definite enorme
partitive enorms

Adverb

enorm

  1. enormously, extremely

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

enorm (strong nominative masculine singular enormer, comparative enormer, superlative am enormsten)

  1. enormous
    Synonym: ungeheuer
  2. (colloquial, emphatic) very, so
    Synonyms: ungeheuer; see also Thesaurus:sehr
    enorm vielso 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

Further reading

  • enorm” in Duden online
  • enorm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French énorme and German enorm.

Pronunciation

Adjective

enorm (masculine enormen, neuter enormt, comparative méi enorm, superlative am enormsten)

  1. enormous

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.

Adjective

enorm (neuter singular enormt, definite singular and plural enorme)

  1. enormous

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.

Pronunciation

Adjective

enorm (neuter enormt, definite singular and plural enorme, comparative meir enorm, superlative mest enorm)

  1. huge, enormous
    Dei fekk etter kvart eit enormt ansvar.
    They eventually got a huge responsibility.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

enórm m or n (feminine singular enormă, masculine plural enormi, feminine and neuter plural enorme)

  1. enormous

Declension

Adverb

enórm

  1. enormously

Swedish

Etymology

From French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Adjective

enorm (comparative mer enorm, superlative mest enorm)

  1. enormous, immense, vast

Declension

Inflection of enorm
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

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