Engle

See also: engle

English

Proper noun

Engle

1. A surname.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Sierra County, New Mexico.
   2. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Texas.
   3. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
3. (historical) Synonym of Angle (“member of the tribe of Angles”)
   • 1907, Joseph Pomeroy Widney, The Old World, page 255:

     The Engle or English man absorbed the Saxon, absorbed the Jute, but himself remained English.

Anagrams

• Engel, glene, gleen

German

Proper noun

Engle m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Engles or (with an article) Engle, feminine genitive Engle, plural Engles or Engle)

1. a surname

Old English

Alternative forms

• Ængle, Angle, Ongle

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *angliz. The name is possibly derived from angol (“fishhook”), from Proto-West Germanic *angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulaz, referring to either the Angles' habitat on the Jutland coast, shaped like a fishhook, or the Angles' probable occupation as fishermen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈen.ɡle/, [ˈeŋ.ɡle]

Proper noun

Engle m pl

1. the English
2. England
3. the Angles

Declension

Declension of ' (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	—	Engle
accusative	—	Engle
genitive	—	Engla
dative	—	Englum

Synonyms

• Angelseaxan (rare)

Derived terms

• Ēastengle
• Engla land
• Englisċ
• Middelengle

See also

• Angel-
• Seaxan