enorm

English

Etymology

From Middle French enorme. See enormous.

Adjective

enorm (comparative more enorm, superlative most enorm)

  1. (obsolete) enormous
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for enorm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [eˈnɒˀm]

Adjective

enorm

  1. enormous

Inflection
Inflection of enorm
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular enorm — —2
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.

References

Dutch

Etymology

From French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

enorm (not comparable)

  1. enormous

Inflection
Inflection 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

enorm

  1. enormously, extremely

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eˈnɔʁm/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

enorm (comparative enormer, superlative am enormsten)

  1. enormous

Declension
Positive forms of enorm
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
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 all genders
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 all genders
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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French énorme and German enorm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eˈnoʀm/, [əˈnoʀm]

Adjective

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

  1. enormous

Declension
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
without article nominative/accusative enormen enorm enormt enorm
dative enormem enormer enormem enormen
with article nominative/accusative enormen enorm enormt enorm
dative enormen enormer enormen enormen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.

Adjective

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

  1. enormous

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eːnɔrm/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

enorm (masculine and feminine 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.

References

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin ēnōrmis through French énorme.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eˈnorm/

Adjective

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

  1. enormous

Declension
declension of enorm
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 enormilor enormelor

Adverb

enórm

  1. enormously

Swedish

Etymology

From French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Adjective

enorm

  1. enormous, immense, vast
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