Adjective: enkel
Indefinite Forms
| masc. & fem. | enkele |
| neuter | enkel |
Sample Sentences
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Hij is een enkel kind. (He is an only child.)
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Ze heeft een enkel paar schoenen. (She has a single pair of shoes.)
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Deze oplossing is de enkel mogelijke uitkomst. (This solution is the sole possible outcome.)
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Het is de enkel juiste beslissing. (It's the only right decision.)
Adjectives inflected like enkel
wintergroen,
bankbreukig,
Noordzeegermaans,
doordeweeks,
eukaryotisch,
favoriet,
schwul,
schier,
Siberisch,
proleptisch,
combinatorisch,
actinisch,
agrarisch,
vijfvoudig,
betoeterd,
hardgekookt,
ondergistend,
bebaard,
oorlogvoerend,
altijdgroen, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch enkel, possibly from Old Dutch *ēnkal, from Proto-West Germanic *ainakul, from Proto-Germanic *ainakulaz (“only, sole”), related to Proto-Germanic *ainahô (“only, sole”). Cognate with West Frisian inkel (“single”), Middle Low German enkel, enkelt (“simple, single”), German Low German enkelt (“sole, single, only, lone”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls, “lone, solitary, desolate”). Compare also Old Norse einka (“sole, only”). See: Gothic Adjectives '
𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃'.
Verbs referencing "enkel"
Swedish Adjectives
enkel.
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