Aleksander

See also: Aleksandër

Estonian

Proper noun

Aleksander

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander
2. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr).

Related terms

• Aleks, Sander
• Aleksandr

Norwegian

Proper noun

Aleksander

1. a male given name, alternative spelling of Alexander

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lɛkˈsan.dɛr/

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• Rhymes: -andɛr
• Syllabification: A‧lek‧san‧der

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).

Proper noun

Aleksander m pers (diminutive Olek, feminine Aleksandra)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander

Declension

Declension of Aleksander

	singular	plural
nominative	Aleksander	Aleksandrowie/Aleksandry (deprecative)
genitive	Aleksandra	Aleksandrów
dative	Aleksandrowi	Aleksandrom
accusative	Aleksandra	Aleksandrów
instrumental	Aleksandrem	Aleksandrami
locative	Aleksandrze	Aleksandrach
vocative	Aleksandrze	Aleksandrowie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Aleksander f

1. genitive plural of Aleksandra

Further reading

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

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alɛksàːndər/

Proper noun

Aleksándər m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander

Inflection

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Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative	Aleksánder
genitive	Aleksándra
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Aleksánder
genitive (rodȋlnik)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Aleksándru
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Aleksándrom