Engels

American  

[eng-guhlz, eng-uhls, en-gyils] / ˈɛŋ gəlz, ˈɛŋ əls, ˈɛn gjɪls /

noun

1. Friedrich 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.

2. a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga River, opposite Saratov.

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Engels British  

/ ˈɛŋəls /

noun

1. Friedrich (ˈfriːdrɪç). 1820–95, German socialist leader and political philosopher, in England from 1849. He collaborated with Marx on The Communist Manifesto (1848) and his own works include Condition of the Working Classes in England (1844) and The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884)

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Engels

For Marx and Engels, “capitalistic” meant corrupt and exploitative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The Scottish champions rejected a multi-million pound offer from Nottingham Forest for the 22-year-old in the winter transfer window and Engels was keen for a move to English football.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

His reading was precociously broad: Marx and Engels, Baudelaire and Céline, all in their original languages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

When Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published “The Communist Manifesto” in 1848, Marx was 29 and Engels two years his junior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Marina hadn’t forgotten Militsa’s comments about the young recruits’ lack of military polish, and the first order that she gave at Engels was for them all to get men’s haircuts.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein