Bertram

See also: bertram

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Batterham

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) +‎ *hrabnaz (“raven”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːtɹəm/

Proper noun

Bertram

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Quotations

• c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

  Be thou blest, Bertram; and succeed thy father
  In manners, as in shape!

• 1979, Catherine Aird, Some Die Eloquent, Doubleday, published 1980, →ISBN, page 77:

  "He doesn't use Bertram," Sloan informed him. "They told me at the bank."
  "Don't blame him."
  "He's always known as George."
  "Never Bertram," noted Leeyes. "People can be funny about Christian names."

Translations

male given name

• Breton: Beltram (br)
• Catalan: Bertran (ca) m
• Danish: Bertram
• Esperanto: Bertrando
• French: Bertrand (fr)

  Old French: Bertran

• German: Bertram (de)
• Japanese: ベルトラン (Berutoran)
• Korean: 베르트랑 (Bereuteurang)
• Occitan: Bertran m
• Portuguese: Beltrão
• Spanish: Beltrán (es)

Anagrams

• Rambert

Danish

Proper noun

Bertram

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bertram
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrtram/

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Etymology 1

Proper noun

Bertram

1. a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Bertram

Proper noun

Bertram m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bertrams or (with an article) Bertram, feminine genitive Bertram, plural Bertrams)

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Etymology 2

From Middle High German bërtram, bërhtram, from Old High German berhtram, from Latin pyrethrum and influenced by the male given name, from Ancient Greek πύρεθρον (púrethron).

Alternative forms

• Berchtram (archaic)

Noun

Bertram m (strong, genitive Bertrams, no plural)

1. pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum)

Declension

Declension of Bertram [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bertram
genitive	eines	des	Bertrams
dative	einem	dem	Bertram
accusative	einen	den	Bertram

Descendants

• → English: bertram
• → Polish: bertram
• → Russian: бертрам (bertram)