Adolphus
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Adolphus
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized variant of Adolph.
- 1906 George Bernard Shaw: Major Barbara: Act III:
- Would any man named Adolphus - any man called Dolly! - object to being called something else?
- 1986 Buchi Emecheta: Head Above Water. An Autobiography. p.11:
- Sometimes as a child I used to wonder why my brother was called after the man whose very name we were later taught to fear. But then who knows what goes on inside the minds of ambitious, proud Ibo fathers? As most Ibo boys born around that time were called Adolphus after the German leader, Adol is still a fairly common name among the Ibos of Nigeria.
- 1906 George Bernard Shaw: Major Barbara: Act III:
Translations
male given name — see Adolph
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Latinization of Germanic.
Proper noun
Adolphus m sg (genitive Adolphī); second declension
- Adolphus; Lua error in Module:names at line 432: Parameter "gender" has been entered more than once. This is probably because a parameter alias has been used., latinization of Adolph.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Adolphus |
Genitive | Adolphī |
Dative | Adolphō |
Accusative | Adolphum |
Ablative | Adolphō |
Vocative | Adolphe |
Descendants
- English: Adolphus
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- Latin terms derived from Germanic languages
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- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns