Bertram
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See also: bertram
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (surname): Batterham
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bertram
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A patronymic surname, from given names.
Quotations[edit]
- c. 1604–1605, 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 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
- Be thou blest, Bertram; and succeed thy father / In manners, as in shape!
- 1979 Catherine Aird, Some Die Eloquent, Doubleday (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[edit]
male given name
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bertram
- A male given name, equivalent to English Bertram.
- A patronymic surname.
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bertram
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Bertram
Proper noun[edit]
Bertram m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bertrams or (with an article) Bertram, feminine genitive Bertram, plural Bertrams)
- A patronymic surname, from given names.
Etymology 2[edit]
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[edit]
- Berchtram (archaic)
Noun[edit]
Bertram m (strong, genitive Bertrams, no plural)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Bertram [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Descendants[edit]
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