Noun: enke
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | enke |
| Sg. definite | enken |
| Pl. indefinite | enker |
| Pl. definite | enkerne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | enkes |
| Sg. definite | enkens |
| Pl. indefinite | enkers |
| Pl. definite | enkernes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like enke
toiletbørste,
krokodille,
svensknøgle,
nissehue,
overtagelse,
snurre,
snitte,
snerle,
snerre,
snerpe,
satire,
meddelelse,
sjuske,
sminke,
smerte,
slippe,
slange,
slette,
skøjte,
sonate, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Danish ænkia (“widow”), from Old Norse (east) *enkja, (west) ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, cognate with Swedish änka. See: Old Norse Nouns '
ekkja', Swedish Nouns '
änka'.
Verbs referencing "enke"
Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
enke, Faroese Nouns
einkja.
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