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English

Alternative forms

• elne

Etymology

From Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“zeal, strength, power, vigor, valor, courage, fortitude, strife, contention”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljan, from Proto-Germanic *aljan? (“zeal, power, courage”). Cognate with Middle High German ellen (“strength, manhood”), Middle Low German ellen (“strength, power, courage, vigor, bravery”), Icelandic elja (“endurance, energy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.?n/
• Rhymes: -?l?n

Noun

ellen (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Zeal.
2. (obsolete) Strength; courage.
3. (theology) Strength vouchsafed; comfort; grace.

Danish

Noun

ellen c

1. definite singular of el

Dutch

Noun

ellen

1. plural of el

Finnish

Etymology

Originally a contraction of ellä en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?el?en/, [?e?l?e?n]
• Rhymes: -el?en
• Syllabification: el?len

Conjunction

ellen

1. if I not, unless I

Synonyms

• jollen

See also

• ellet
• ellei
• ellemme
• ellette
• elleivät

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??l??n]
• Hyphenation: el?len
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

Lexicalization of el-, ele- (stem variants of el?-) + -n (locative suffix). Since the language reform, it is also used as a verbal prefix (see ellen-). As the first part of compound words it is mostly patterned after Latin contra (“against”) and German gegen (“against”).

Postposition

ellen

1. against

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Back-formation from ellenség.

Noun

ellen (plural ellenek)

1. (archaic or literary) enemy, opponent

   Synonyms: ellenség, ellenfél

Declension

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian postpositions

References

Further reading

• (against): ellen in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• ([archaic] enemy): ellen in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German elilenti. Compare German elend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ælen/, [?æl?n]

Adjective

ellen (masculine ellenen, neuter ellent, comparative méi ellen, superlative am ellensten)

1. ugly

Declension

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English eln.

Noun

ellen

1. Alternative form of elne (“ell”)

Etymology 2

From Old English ellen.

Noun

ellen

1. Alternative form of elne (“power”)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?e?llen/

Verb

?llen

1. first-person singular past indicative of eallit

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *alljan. Cognate with Old Saxon ellan, Old High German ellan, Gothic ???????????????????? (aljan), Old Norse eljan (Icelandic elja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?el.len/, [?e?.?en]

Noun

ellen n or m

2. strength, courage, bravery

Declension

when neuter (as always in poetry):

when masculine:

Derived terms

• elnian

Descendants

• Middle English: elne, ellen
  • English: elne, ellen

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ellern, elren, ellæn, ellærn

Adjective

ellen

1. (relational) elder tree, elder wood

Declension

Noun

ellen n (nominative plural ellen)

2. elder tree

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: eller, ellern, eldre, eldrn, elder
  • Middle English: elder