enke

From Old Danish ænkia (“widow”), from Old Norse (east) *enkja, (west) ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, cognate with Swedish änka.

• IPA^(key): /ɛnkə/, [ˈɛŋɡ̊ə]

enke c (singular definite enken, plural indefinite enker)

1. widow

enke

1. Alternative form of ynke

From Old Danish ænkia (“widow”), Old East Norse variant of Old Norse ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ.

enke f or m (definite singular enka or enken, indefinite plural enker, definite plural enkene)

1. a widow (woman whose husband has died)
2. (printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column; a widow

• enkemann

• “enke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• enkje

From Old Norse ekkja (“widow”), via Danish enke.

enke f (definite singular enka, indefinite plural enker, definite plural enkene)

1. widow (a woman whose husband has died)
2. (printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column; a widow

• enkemann

• “enke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

enke oblique singular, m (oblique plural enkes, nominative singular enkes, nominative plural enke)

1. Alternative form of enque