From Middle Low German engel, from Old Saxon engil.
ingel (genitive ingli, partitive inglit)
| Declension of ingel (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ingel | inglid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | ingli | ||
| genitive | inglite | ||
| partitive | inglit | ingleid | |
| illative | inglisse | inglitesse ingleisse | |
| inessive | inglis | inglites ingleis | |
| elative | inglist | inglitest ingleist | |
| allative | inglile | inglitele ingleile | |
| adessive | inglil | inglitel ingleil | |
| ablative | inglilt | inglitelt ingleilt | |
| translative | ingliks | ingliteks ingleiks | |
| terminative | inglini | ingliteni | |
| essive | inglina | inglitena | |
| abessive | inglita | ingliteta | |
| comitative | ingliga | inglitega | |
From Old Frisian engel, angel, from Proto-West Germanic *angil, borrowed from Latin angelus, itself from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).
ingel c (plural ingels or ingelen, diminutive ingeltsje or ingelke)