Angel

See also: Appendix:Variations of "angel"

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Angell

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪn.d͡ʒəl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eɪndʒəl

Noun

Angel (plural Angels)

1. Alternative letter-case form of angel.
   • 1858, Frederick William Faber, Ethel's Book; or, Tales of the Angels, page 59:

     When men are impatient with children, it is extremely displeasing to the Angels;

   • 2011, James A. Oleson, In Their Own Words - the Final Chapter, page 93:

     But alas, we were directed to climb over the ship to Angels 12 to provide protection to the ship.

Proper noun

Angel (plural Angels)

1. A male given name from Latin Angelus [in turn from Ancient Greek], used since 16th century; or an anglicized spelling of Ángel.
   • 1973, Roald Dahl, More Tales of the Unexpected: Mr Botibol:

     "What is your first name, Mr Botibol? What does the A stand for?" "Angel," he answered. "Not Angel." "Yes," he said irritably. "Angel Botibol," she murmured and she began to giggle. But she checked herself and said, "I think it's a most unusual and distinguished name."

2. A surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname or, rarely, as a patronymic.
   • 1891 [September, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure III.—A Case of Identity.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II (July to December), number [9], London: […], page 250, column 2:

     At last when nothing else would do he went off to France upon the business of the firm, but we went, mother and I, with Mr. Hardy, who used to be our foreman, and it was there I met Mr. Hosmer Angel.

3. A female given name from English of modern usage from the English noun angel.
4. (baseball) A player on the team the "Los Angeles Angels" or one of its predecessor "Angels" teams.

   Smith became an Angel as a result of a pre-season trade.

Translations

male given name — see Angelo

female given name — see Angela

Anagrams

• -angle, Angle, Elgan, Galen, Lange, Legan, Nagle, agnel, angle, genal, glean, lenga

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From English Angel.

Proper noun

Angel

1. a female given name from English

Etymology 2

From Spanish Ángel.

Proper noun

Angel

1. a male given name from Spanish

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Anglus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ŋəl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: An‧gel

Noun

Angel m (plural Angelen)

1. (historical, chiefly plural) Angle

German

FWOTD – 29 January 2013

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋəl/, [ˈʔaŋl̩]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German angel, from Old High German angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulō, *angô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“something bent, hook”). Compare Dutch angel, hengel, English angle.

Noun

Angel f (genitive Angel, plural Angeln)

1. (fishing) tackle, fishing rod (angler's tool consisting of hook, line and rod)
2. (obsolete) fishhook

   Synonym: Angelhaken

3. (architecture) hinge (a jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door, window, etc.)

   Synonym: Scharnier

   • 2003, Franz Eugen Schlachter, Die Bibel (“Schlachter 2000”), Genfer Bibelgesellschaft, Kings I 7:50:

     Auch die Angeln an den Türen des inneren Hauses, des Allerheiligsten, und an den Türen der Tempelhalle waren aus Gold.

     Also the hinges on the doors of the inner house, the Holy of Holies, and on the doors of the temple hall, were of gold.

4. (weaponry) tang (of a sword or knife)

Declension

Declension of Angel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Angel	die	Angeln
genitive	einer	der	Angel	der	Angeln
dative	einer	der	Angel	den	Angeln
accusative	eine	die	Angel	die	Angeln

Derived terms

• angeln
• aus den Angeln heben
• Fensterangel
• Fischangel
• Fußangel
• Laufangel
• Magnetangel
• Sperrangel
• Torangel
• Türangel
• zwischen Tür und Angel

 

Related terms

• Angelerlaubnis
• Angelerlebnis
• Angelhaken
• Angelkarte
• Angelleine
• Angelparadies
• Angelrevier
• Angelrute
• Angelschein
• Angelsport
• Angelstab
• Angelufer
• Angelurlaub
• Angelverein
• Angelzone

 

Etymology 2

Noun

Angel m (weak, genitive Angeln, plural Angeln)

1. (historical, chiefly in the plural) Angle (member of historic Germanic tribe)

Usage notes

• The modern inhabitants of Angeln are called Angelner.

Declension

Declension of Angel [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Angel	die	Angeln
genitive	eines	des	Angeln	der	Angeln
dative	einem	dem	Angeln	den	Angeln
accusative	einen	den	Angeln	die	Angeln

Related terms

• Angeln
• Angelsachse

Further reading

• “Angel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Angel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Angel” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der.

Proto-Germanic *angulaz

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der.

Proto-Germanic *angô

Proto-Germanic *angulō

Old High German angul

Middle High German angel

Hunsrik Angel

From Middle High German angel, from Old High German angul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋəl/
• Rhymes: -aŋəl
• Syllabification: An‧gel

Noun

Angel f (plural Angle, diminutive Angelche)

1. fishing rod
2. stinger (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack)

Derived terms

• Angelhoke
• angle
• Angler
• Bieneangel

 

Old English

Etymology

From or related to Engle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.ɡel/, [ˈɑŋ.ɡel]

Proper noun

Angel f

1. Anglia (peninsula in Jutland, in Schleswig in northermost Germany, where the Angles are supposed to have originated)

Declension

Declension of Angel (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Angel	—
accusative	Angle	—
genitive	Angle	—
dative	Angle	—

Derived terms

• Angel-

Plautdietsch

Noun

Angel f (plural Angelen)

1. fishing rod and line

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Angel.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔejnd͡ʒel/ [ˈʔeɪ̯n̪.d͡ʒɛl]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈʔejndjel/ [ˈʔeɪ̯n̪d̪.jɛl]
• Rhymes: -ejnd͡ʒel, (no yod coalescence) -ejndjel
• Syllabification: A‧ngel

Proper noun

Angel (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜎ᜔)

1. a female given name from English

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish Ángel.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaŋhel/ [ˈʔaŋ.hɛl]
• Rhymes: -aŋhel
• Syllabification: An‧gel

Proper noun

Angel (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜎ᜔)

1. a male given name from Spanish