Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common

enkel

easy, simple, single/ˈɛŋ.kɛl/

Meaning

easy; simple; single

In Swedish: lätt att förstå, okomplicerad

Forms

Forms of enkel
Basic formenkelwith en-words
Neuterenkeltwith ett-words
Plural and definiteenklaplural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparativeenklare“-er”, “more …”
Superlativeenklast“-est”, “most …”

Practise enkel

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What does enkel mean?

enkel in a sentence

  • ge en enkel förklaring
    give a simple explanation
  • enkla vanor
    simple habits
  • en fattig och enkel flicka
    a poor and simple girl
  • enkel biljett
    single ticket, (one-way ticket)
  • Att lära sig ett främmande språk är inte alltid enkelt
    Learning a foreign language isn't always easy
  • en enkel uppgift
    a simple task
  • Vi vill göra det enklare att resa med tåg
    We want to make it easier to travel by train
  • en båt med en enkel konstruktion
    a boat with a simple construction

Expressions

  • en enkel match
    an easy match, a walkover
  • (jag var) helt enkelt ("rätt och slätt") (rädd)
    I was) quite simply (afraid

Words built with enkel

  • enkelrum single room

Questions

What does enkel mean in English?

enkel means “easy, simple”.

Similar words

oproblematiskokompliceradsimpelbanalspartansk

Origin

From Old Swedish enkil, from Middle Low German enkel, from Proto-Germanic *ainkila-, equivalent to en (“one”) + -el.

Nearby common words

enkel is number 1,054 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary