enig

From Middle Low German ênich, from Old Saxon ēnig. Related to German einig.

• IPA^(key): /eːni/, [ˈeːni]

enig

1. united
2. unanimous

• (unanimous): enstemmig

• enighed

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːnəx/

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• Hyphenation: enig
• Rhymes: -eːnəx

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

enig

1. some

   Synonyms: een aantal, een paar, wat

   Enige voorzichtigheid wordt wel op prijs gesteld. ― Some caution is appreciated.

   Hij heeft enige dingen laten zien. ― He showed some things.

2. any

   Synonyms: een, enigerlei

   Heb je enig idee wat dat is? ― Do you have any idea what that is?

• Negerhollands: eenig, eenige

enig (not comparable)

1. only, single

   Synonym: enigst

   Dat was zijn enige kans. ― That was his only chance.

   Quinten is een enig kind. ― Quinten is an only child.

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 https://web.archive.org/web/20200613100556/https://taaladvies.net/taal/advies/vraag/262/ (in Dutch) for more information.

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enig (comparative eniger, superlative enigst)

1. cute, nice, adorable

• gein, neig

From German einig.

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

1. agreed, in agreement

   jeg er enig ― I agree

• uenig

• enighet

• einig (Nynorsk)

• “enig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• æniġ

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.nij/

ēniġ (Kentish)

1. any
2. anyone

From Proto-West Germanic *ainag. Equivalent to ēn +‎ -ig.

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

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

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

enig (inflected enige)

1. some, a few

enig (invariable) (predicative only)

1. in agreement

   Wie sunt uus enig. ― We are in agreement.

• 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

From Old Swedish enigh, from Old Norse einigr, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz (“singular, sole, only”).

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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

• oenig

• ena
• enas

• ense (close synonym)

• enig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• enig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• enig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)