enig

See also: énig

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eːni/, [ˈeːni]

Adjective

enig

  1. united
  2. unanimous

Inflection
Inflection of enig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular enig — —2
Indefinite neuter singular enigt — —2
Plural enige — —2
Definite attributive1 enige — —
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.

Synonyms
  • enighed

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeːnəx/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: enig
  • Rhymes: -eːnəx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ênich, from Old Dutch ēnig, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz. Equivalent to een (“one”) +‎ -ig.

Determiner

enig

  1. some
    Enige voorzichtigheid wordt wel op prijs gesteld.
    Some caution is appreciated.
    Hij heeft enige dingen laten zien.
    He showed some things.
  2. any
    Heb je enig idee wat dat is?
    Do you have any idea what that is?
Declension
Inflection of enig
uninflected enig
inflected enige
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. enige
n. sing. enig
plural enige
definite enige
partitive
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: eenig, eenige

Adjective

enig (not comparable)

  1. only, single
    Dat was zijn enige kans.
    That was his only chance.
    Quinten is een enig kind.
    Quinten is an only child.
Usage notes

The superlative form enigst(e) is commonly used, but people may see it as wrong. The form is the grammatically correct superlative, but the use of it is not part of the standard language. See http://taaladvies.net/taal/advies/vraag/262/ (in Dutch) for more information.

Inflection
Inflection of enig
uninflected enig
inflected enige
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. enige
n. sing. enig
plural enige
definite enige
partitive
Synonyms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

enig (comparative eniger, superlative enigst)

  1. cute, nice, adorable
Inflection
Inflection of enig
uninflected enig
inflected enige
comparative eniger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial enigenigerhet enigst
het enigste
indefinite m./f. sing. enigeenigereenigste
n. sing. enigenigerenigste
plural enigeenigereenigste
definite enigeenigereenigste
partitive enigsenigers—

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German einig.

Adjective

enig (neuter singular enig, definite singular and plural enige)

  1. agreed, in agreement
    jeg er enig ― I agree

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”). Akin to Old Frisian enich, Old Saxon ēnig, Old Norse einigr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeː.nij/

Determiner

ēniġ (Kentish)

  1. any
  2. anyone

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainagaz. Equivalent to ēn +‎ -ig.

Adjective

ēnig

  1. any
    • Genesis, verse 67
      that ik hier ni mag ēniga huīla libbian
      That I shouldn't live any moment
  2. anyone
    • Heliand, verse 2637
      thoh uui hēr te meti habdin garu im te geƀanne sō uui mahtin fargelden mēst tueho uuāri is noh than that iro ēnig thar ēnes gināmi
      Though we had food that we should buy to give him. The most doubt is still there that anyone once felt

Declension
Positive forms of ēnig
Strong declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative ēnig ēnige, ēniga ēnig ēniga ēnig ēnig, ēniga
accusative ēnigan, ēnigen ēniga, ēnige ēniga ēniga ēnig ēnig, ēniga
genitive ēniges, ēnigas ēnigaro, ēnigoro, ēnigero ēnigara, ēnigaro ēnigaro, ēnigoro, ēnigero ēniges, ēnigas ēnigaro, ēnigoro, ēnigero
dative ēnigumu, ēnigum, ēnigun, ēnigun, ēnigon, ēnigen, ēnigan ēnigun, ēnigon, ēnigum ēnigaro, ēnigaru, ēnigara ēnigun, ēnigon ēnigumu, ēnigum, ēnigun, ēnigun, ēnigon, ēnigen, ēnigan ēnigun, ēnigon, ēnigum
Weak declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative ēnigo, ēniga ēnigon, ēnigun ēniga, ēnige ēnigon, ēnigun, ēnigan ēniga, ēnige ēnigon, ēnigun
accusative ēnigon, ēnigan ēnigon, ēnigun ēnigun, ēnigon, ēnigan ēnigon, ēnigun, ēnigan ēniga, ēnige ēnigon, ēnigun
genitive ēnigen, ēnigan ēnigono, ēnigeno ēnigun, ēnigan, ēnigen ēnigono ēnigen, ēnigan ēnigono, ēnigeno
dative ēnigon, ēnigen, ēnigan ēnigon, ēnigun ēnigun, ēnigan ēnigon, ēnigun ēnigon, ēnigen, ēnigan ēnigon, ēnigun


Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian ēnich (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz. Cognates include West Frisian ienich and German einig.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeːnɪɣ/
  • Hyphenation: e‧nig
  • Rhymes: -eːnɪɣ

Determiner

enig (inflected enige)

  1. some, a few

Adjective

enig (invariable) (predicative only)

  1. in agreement
    Wie sunt uus enig. ― We are in agreement.

References
  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “enige”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “enig”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

enig (comparative enigare, superlative enigast)

  1. agreeing, in agreement (sharing the same opinion)
    Alla var eniga om vad som behövde göras
    Everyone agreed on what needed to be done
    Hon var enig med de andra
    She agreed with the others
    De var rörande eniga
    They were in touching agreement ("adorable agreement," agreed very strongly with each other, idiomatic)
    en enig styrelse
    a board in agreement
  2. unanimous (of a decision or the like)
    Synonym: (closer in tone to unanimous) enhällig
    ett enigt beslut
    a decision everyone agreed on

Declension
Inflection of enig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular enig enigare enigast
Neuter singular enigt enigare enigast
Plural eniga enigare enigast
Masculine plural3 enige enigare enigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 enige enigare enigaste
All eniga enigare enigaste
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

Antonyms

See also
  • ense (close synonym)

References
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