enk

From Middle High German enk, enik, the accusative and dative second person dual pronoun. Cognate with Old English inc (dative second person dual pronoun).

• IPA^(key): /eŋk/

enk

1. you (accusative and dative, plural)

   Ku oana vo enk darråtn vo wo der Dialekt isch?

   Can anyone of you guess where this dialect comes from?

• eich

enk

1. too small, too narrow

• strizh

• eng

From Middle Dutch enc, ultimately from or related to Proto-Germanic *angraz (“meadow, lowland”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛŋk/

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• Hyphenation: enk
• Rhymes: -ɛŋk

enk m (plural enken)

1. a tract of open, often raised agricultural land near or surrounding a village or hamlet

   Synonym: es

From Middle High German enge, from Old High German engi. Cognate with German eng, Dutch eng. The expected form would be eng (because of the final -e in Middle High German). The -k developed first in the uninflected stem by analogy with adjectives such as jonk, and was later generalised to all forms.

• IPA^(key): /æŋk/
• Rhymes: -æŋk

enk (masculine enken, neuter enkt, comparative méi enk, superlative am enksten)

1. narrow
2. tight
3. cramped