Rudolf

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Rudolf and German Rudolf.

Proper noun

Rudolf

1. A male given name from Czech or German, equivalent to English Rudolph.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrudolf]

Proper noun

Rudolf m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Estonian

Proper noun

Rudolf

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Derived terms

• Ruudi
• Ruut

 

German

Alternative forms

• Rudolph

Etymology

From Middle High German Ruodolf, from Old High German *Hruodwolf, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiwulf.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Rudolf m (proper noun, strong, genitive Rudolfs)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Related terms

• Rolf
• Rudi
• Rudo
• Udo
• Ulf

 

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrudolf]
• Hyphenation: Ru‧dolf
• Rhymes: -olf

Proper noun

Rudolf

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Rudolf	Rudolfok
accusative	Rudolfot	Rudolfokat
dative	Rudolfnak	Rudolfoknak
instrumental	Rudolffal	Rudolfokkal
causal-final	Rudolfért	Rudolfokért
translative	Rudolffá	Rudolfokká
terminative	Rudolfig	Rudolfokig
essive-formal	Rudolfként	Rudolfokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Rudolfban	Rudolfokban
superessive	Rudolfon	Rudolfokon
adessive	Rudolfnál	Rudolfoknál
illative	Rudolfba	Rudolfokba
sublative	Rudolfra	Rudolfokra
allative	Rudolfhoz	Rudolfokhoz
elative	Rudolfból	Rudolfokból
delative	Rudolfról	Rudolfokról
ablative	Rudolftól	Rudolfoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Rudolfé	Rudolfoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Rudolféi	Rudolfokéi

Possessive forms of Rudolf
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Rudolfom	Rudolfjaim
2nd person sing.	Rudolfod	Rudolfjaid
3rd person sing.	Rudolfja	Rudolfjai
1st person plural	Rudolfunk	Rudolfjaink
2nd person plural	Rudolfotok	Rudolfjaitok
3rd person plural	Rudolfjuk	Rudolfjaik

Icelandic

Etymology

From German Rudolf.

Proper noun

Rudolf m

1. a male given name

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.dɔlf/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -udɔlf
• Syllabification: Ru‧dolf

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Rudolf, from Middle High German Ruodolf, from Old High German *Hruodwolf, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiwulf

Proper noun

Rudolf m pers (female equivalent Rudolfa or Rudolfina)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Declension

Declension of Rudolf

	singular	plural
nominative	Rudolf	Rudolfowie/Rudolfy (deprecative)
genitive	Rudolfa	Rudolfów
dative	Rudolfowi	Rudolfom
accusative	Rudolfa	Rudolfów
instrumental	Rudolfem	Rudolfami
locative	Rudolfie	Rudolfach
vocative	Rudolfie	Rudolfowie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Rudolf f

1. genitive plural of Rudolfa

Further reading

• Rudolf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrudɔɫf/

Proper noun

Rudolf m anim (genitive singular Rudolfa, nominative plural Rudolfovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph
2. a surname

Declension

Declension of Rudolf

	singular	plural
nominative	Rudolf	Rudolfovia
genitive	Rudolfa	Rudolfov
dative	Rudolfovi	Rudolfom
accusative	Rudolfa	Rudolfov
locative	Rudolfovi	Rudolfoch
instrumental	Rudolfom	Rudolfmi

Further reading

• “Rudolf”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Etymology

From German.

Interjection

Rudolf

1. The letter "R" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

Proper noun

Rudolf c (genitive Rudolfs)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Related terms

• Rolf
• Ralf/Ralph