enke

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnkə/, [ˈɛŋɡ̊ə]

Noun

enke c (singular definite enken, plural indefinite enker)

1. widow

Etymology

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

Noun

enke f, 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

References

• “enke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

References

• “enke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of enque