Oswald

English

Etymology

Name of early English saints and kings, from Old English Osweald

Proper noun

Oswald

1. A male given name from Old English.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A place name:
   1. A suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
   2. A ghost town in Atchison County, Missouri, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.

Translations

male given name

• Bavarian: Ouswoid
• Danish: Osvald
• Esperanto: Osvaldo
• Faroese: Ásvaldur m
• French: Oswald (fr)
• Friulian: Svuald
• Georgian: ოსვალდი (osvaldi)
• Greek: Όσβαλντ (el) m (Ósvalnt)
• Hungarian: Osvát (hu) sg
• Italian: Osvaldo (it)
• Latvian: Osvalds m
• Polish: Oswald (pl) m
• Portuguese: Osvaldo (pt) m
• Russian: Освальд (ru) m (Osvalʹd)
• Spanish: Oswaldo m
• Swedish: Osvald (sv)

Anagrams

• dowlas, old saw, waldos, woalds

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs.falt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔsfalt
• Syllabification: Os‧wald

Proper noun

Oswald m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Oswald

Declension

Declension of Oswald

	singular	plural
nominative	Oswald	Oswaldowie
genitive	Oswalda	Oswaldów
dative	Oswaldowi	Oswaldom
accusative	Oswalda	Oswaldów
instrumental	Oswaldem	Oswaldami
locative	Oswaldzie	Oswaldach
vocative	Oswaldzie	Oswaldowie

Further reading

• Oswald in Polish dictionaries at PWN