Danish

Noun

enke c (singular definite enken, plural indefinite enker)

1. widow

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ekkja ‎(“widow”).

Noun

enke m, f

1. widow (a woman whose husband has died)
2. (printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column; a widow

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ekkja ‎(“widow”).

Noun

enke f

1. widow (a woman whose husband has died)
2. (printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column; a widow

Old French

Noun

enke m ‎(oblique plural enkes, nominative singular enkes, nominative plural enke)

1. Alternative form of enque