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See also: Enke
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Danish ænkia (“widow”), from Old Norse (east) *enkja, (west) ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, cognate with Swedish änka.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
enke c (singular definite enken, plural indefinite enker)
Declension[edit]
Declension of enke
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
enke
- Alternative form of ynke
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Danish ænkia (“widow”), Old East Norse variant of Old Norse ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ.
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- “enke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse ekkja (“widow”), via Danish enke.
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- “enke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
enke oblique singular, m (oblique plural enkes, nominative singular enkes, nominative plural enke)
- Alternative form of enque
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