Engels

American  

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

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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Example Sentences

Arne Engels provided one of them from the penalty spot - no argument this time.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

"Sovereignty does not mean self-sufficiency, but strategic capacity for action," says Barbara Engels of the IW Institute.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Arne Engels converted a penalty with Celtic cruising, but Utrecht pulled it back to within one until Auston Trusty's header gave the hosts some more breathing space.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

As an earlier Marx, Karl, and Friedrich Engels wrote in 1848, “all that is solid melts into air.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

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