enke

See also: Enke

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnkə/, [ˈɛŋɡ̊ə]

Noun

enke c (singular definite enken, plural indefinite enker)

1. widow

Declension

Declension of enke

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	enke	enken	enker	enkerne
genitive	enkes	enkens	enkers	enkernes

Middle English

Noun

enke

1. Alternative form of ynke

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Antonyms

• enkemann

References

• “enke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• enkje

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Antonyms

• enkemann

References

• “enke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of enque