Engels

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/ˈɛŋɡəlz/

proper noun

A surname from German.

“Friedrich Engels”

OriginGerman Engels →
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Meanings

Engels1

proper nounEngels (plural Engelses)

plural Engelses

  1. A surname from German.

    Friedrich Engels

    1 more example

    Putting the matter in this way implies a situation in which all social conflicts have disappeared; and this confirms the interpretation according to which Marx and Engels held that the abolition of class divisions would at the same time abolish all other sources of conflict.

    1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 360

Engels2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Engel

Origin

  1. GermanEngels
  2. GermanEngels
  3. EnglishEngels

Borrowed from German Engels.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 恩格斯
  • 恩格斯 (Ēngésī)surname
German Engels
  • Engelssurname
Greek Ένγκελς
  • Ένγκελς (Éngkels)surname
Japanese エンゲルス
  • エンゲルス (Engerusu)surname
Russian Э́нгельс
  • Э́нгельс (Éngelʹs)surname

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Gensel
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APA

Engels. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Engels

MLA

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Chicago

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