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scary, creepy

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɛŋ/

  1. scary, creepy

  2. narrow

  3. small

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch enge, from Old Dutch *engi, from Proto-West Germanic *angī, from Proto-Germanic *anguz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus. Cognate with German eng, from Old High German engi.

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