Elsa

See also: elsa

English

Etymology

German Elsa, contraction of Elisabeth, occasionally used in English after its appearance in Wagner's opera Lohengrin (1847).

Proper noun

Elsa

1. A female given name from German or Hebrew.
   • 1988, Barbara Vine, The House of Stairs, Onyx, published 1990, →ISBN, page 35:

     A friend that I envied — it was the same friend who had benefited from admiring Cosette's jewelry, a girl whose name was Elsa and whom naturally we called Lioness —

Anagrams

• ASLE, Ales, ELAS, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, seal, sela

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlza]
• Hyphenation: El‧sa

Proper noun

Elsa f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Elsa

	singular	plural
nominative	Elsa	Elsy
genitive	Elsy	Els
dative	Else	Elsám
accusative	Elsu	Elsy
vocative	Elso	Elsy
locative	Else	Elsách
instrumental	Elsou	Elsami

Derived terms

• Elsin

Further reading

• Elsa in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Elsa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• lesy
• sely

Faroese

Proper noun

Elsa f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Elsa: Elsuson
• daughter of Elsa: Elsudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Elsa
Accusative	Elsu
Dative	Elsu
Genitive	Elsu

Finnish

Etymology

From German and Swedish Elsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelsɑ/, [ˈe̞ls̠ɑ]
• Rhymes: -elsɑ
• Syllabification^(key): El‧sa

Proper noun

Elsa

1. a female given name
   • 1894, Teuvo Pakkala, Elsa, SKS, published 1995, →ISBN, page 11:

     Voisiko hänenkin tyttärelleen käydä noin, vaikka hän uskoisi Jumalaan, uskoisi niin vakavasti kuin on uskonut, että hän varjelee Elsan? Ei, se on mahdotonta!

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 2014, Heidi Jaatinen, Kaksi viatonta päivää, Gummerus, →ISBN, pages 153-154:

     Ja hän melkein hymyili sille. Ja sai tietää, että tytöllä oli nimi: Elsa. Siro nimi puhumattomalle tytölle.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Inflection of Elsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Elsa	Elsat
genitive		Elsan	Elsojen
partitive		Elsaa	Elsoja
illative		Elsaan	Elsoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Elsa	Elsat
accusative	nom.	Elsa	Elsat
	gen.	Elsan
genitive		Elsan	Elsojen Elsainrare
partitive		Elsaa	Elsoja
inessive		Elsassa	Elsoissa
elative		Elsasta	Elsoista
illative		Elsaan	Elsoihin
adessive		Elsalla	Elsoilla
ablative		Elsalta	Elsoilta
allative		Elsalle	Elsoille
essive		Elsana	Elsoina
translative		Elsaksi	Elsoiksi
instructive		—	Elsoin
abessive		Elsatta	Elsoitta
comitative		—	Elsoineen

Possessive forms of Elsa (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Elsani	Elsamme
2nd person	Elsasi	Elsanne
3rd person	Elsansa

German

Etymology

Medieval diminutive of Elisabeth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɛlza/

Proper noun

Elsa

1. a female given name

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.sa/, (traditional) /ˈel.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɛlsa, (traditional) -elsa
• Syllabification: Èl‧sa, (traditional) Él‧sa

Etymology 1

From Latin Elsa.

Proper noun

Elsa ?

1. A river in Tuscany

Etymology 2

Contraction of Elisabetta or Elisa.

Proper noun

Elsa f

1. a female given name

Anagrams

• Ales, lesa, sale

Norwegian

Etymology

From Elisabet.

Proper noun

Elsa

1. a female given name

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelsa/ [ˈel.sa]
• Rhymes: -elsa
• Syllabification: El‧sa

Proper noun

Elsa f

1. a female given name

Swedish

Etymology

Rare medieval contraction of Elisabet, also a variant Danish Else. First recorded in Sweden in 1422. Taken to general use in the 19th century through the influence of the identical German name.

Proper noun

Elsa c (genitive Elsas)

1. a female given name

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 42 087 females with the given name Elsa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.