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enorm

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French enorme. See enormous.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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enorm (comparative more enorm, superlative most enorm)

  1. (obsolete) enormous

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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enorm

  1. enormous

Inflection

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Inflection of enorm
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular enorm — —2
indefinite neuter singular enormt — —2
plural enorme — —2
definite attributive1 enorme — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch enorm, from Middle French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eːˈnɔrm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: enorm
  • Rhymes: -ɔrm

Adjective

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enorm (not comparable)

  1. enormous

Declension

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Declension of enorm
uninflected enorm
inflected enorme
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial enorm
indefinite m./f. sing. enorme
n. sing. enorm
plural enorme
definite enorme
partitive enorms

Adverb

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enorm

  1. enormously, extremely

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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enorm (strong nominative masculine singular enormer, comparative enormer, superlative am enormsten)

  1. enormous
    Synonym: ungeheuer
  2. (colloquial, emphatic) very, so
    Synonyms: ungeheuer; see also Thesaurus:sehr
    enorm viel ― so many
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 434:
      „Enorm,“ sagte Hans Castorp, „enorm anschaulich ist sie gemalt, die Haut. Ich glaube, ähnlich gut gemalte ist mir nie vorgekommen. Man meint die Poren zu sehen.“
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Positive forms of enorm
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist enorm sie ist enorm es ist enorm sie sind enorm
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative enormer enorme enormes enorme
genitive enormen enormer enormen enormer
dative enormem enormer enormem enormen
accusative enormen enorme enormes enorme
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der enorme die enorme das enorme die enormen
genitive des enormen der enormen des enormen der enormen
dative dem enormen der enormen dem enormen den enormen
accusative den enormen die enorme das enorme die enormen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein enormer eine enorme ein enormes (keine) enormen
genitive eines enormen einer enormen eines enormen (keiner) enormen
dative einem enormen einer enormen einem enormen (keinen) enormen
accusative einen enormen eine enorme ein enormes (keine) enormen
Comparative forms of enorm
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist enormer sie ist enormer es ist enormer sie sind enormer
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative enormerer enormere enormeres enormere
genitive enormeren enormerer enormeren enormerer
dative enormerem enormerer enormerem enormeren
accusative enormeren enormere enormeres enormere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der enormere die enormere das enormere die enormeren
genitive des enormeren der enormeren des enormeren der enormeren
dative dem enormeren der enormeren dem enormeren den enormeren
accusative den enormeren die enormere das enormere die enormeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein enormerer eine enormere ein enormeres (keine) enormeren
genitive eines enormeren einer enormeren eines enormeren (keiner) enormeren
dative einem enormeren einer enormeren einem enormeren (keinen) enormeren
accusative einen enormeren eine enormere ein enormeres (keine) enormeren
Superlative forms of enorm
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am enormsten sie ist am enormsten es ist am enormsten sie sind am enormsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative enormster enormste enormstes enormste
genitive enormsten enormster enormsten enormster
dative enormstem enormster enormstem enormsten
accusative enormsten enormste enormstes enormste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der enormste die enormste das enormste die enormsten
genitive des enormsten der enormsten des enormsten der enormsten
dative dem enormsten der enormsten dem enormsten den enormsten
accusative den enormsten die enormste das enormste die enormsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein enormster eine enormste ein enormstes (keine) enormsten
genitive eines enormsten einer enormsten eines enormsten (keiner) enormsten
dative einem enormsten einer enormsten einem enormsten (keinen) enormsten
accusative einen enormsten eine enormste ein enormstes (keine) enormsten

Further reading

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  • “enorm” in Duden online
  • “enorm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French énorme and German enorm.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eˈnoʀm/, [əˈnoʁm]

Adjective

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enorm (masculine enormen, neuter enormt, comparative méi enorm, superlative am enormsten)

  1. enormous

Declension

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declension of enorm
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass enorm si ass enorm et ass enorm si si(nn) enorm
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner enormen enorm enormt enorm
independent without determiner enormes enormer
dative after any declined word enormen enormer enormen enormen
as first declined word enormem enormem

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.

Adjective

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enorm (neuter singular enormt, definite singular and plural enorme)

  1. enormous

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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enorm (neuter enormt, definite singular and plural enorme, comparative meir enorm, superlative mest enorm)

  1. huge, enormous
    Dei fekk etter kvart eit enormt ansvar.
    They eventually got a huge responsibility.
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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enórm m or n (feminine singular enormă, masculine plural enormi, feminine and neuter plural enorme)

  1. enormous

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite enorm enormă enormi enorme
definite enormul enorma enormii enormele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite enorm enorme enormi enorme
definite enormului enormei enormelor enormilor
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Adverb

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enórm

  1. enormously

Swedish

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Etymology

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From French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Adjective

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enorm (comparative mer enorm, superlative mest enorm)

  1. enormous, immense, vast

Declension

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Inflection of enorm
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular enorm mer enorm mest enorm
neuter singular enormt mer enormt mest enormt
plural enorma mer enorma mest enorma
masculine plural2 enorme mer enorma mest enorma
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 enorme mer enorme mest enorme
all enorma mer enorma mest enorma

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Anagrams

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