Oswald

English

Etymology

Name of early English saints and kings, from Old English ōs (“god”) + weald (“power”).

Proper noun

Oswald

1. A male given name from Old English.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Translations

male given name

• Bavarian: Ouswoid
• Danish: Osvald
• Esperanto: Osvaldo
• French: Oswald (fr)
• Friulian: Svuald
• Greek: Όσβαλντ (el) m (Ósvalnt)
• Italian: Osvaldo (it)
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• 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

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Polish

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 Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Oswald in Polish dictionaries at PWN