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'Enkel' translates to 'simple' in Danish (and some other Nordic languages as well).

• looperhacks 7y ago
  It also translates to grandson in German.
• dmytrish 7y ago
  It also translates to "only/sole/single" from Dutch.
  • hestefisk 7y ago
    In Danish it can mean ‘only/sole/single’ as well. Very strange. Danish has about 1/3 the amount of words that English has.
    • vages 7y ago
      Depends on how you count: https://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq-how-many-english-words https://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq-how-many-english-wo... Also, there are several everyday situations in which the English language has fewer nuances than the Scandinavian. "Flere/mer" (discrete vs. continuous amounts, "Flere trær" vs. "mer melk") comes to mind. In English, that's just one word: "More trees" and "More milk".
• jam3sn 7y ago
  It sure does! I find naming stuff hard and can't remember exactly how I decided on Enkel, but it meaning 'Simple' in Norwegian was a big part.