Elsa

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Elsa f

  1. a female given name

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Elsa f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes[edit]

Matronymics

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

Declension[edit]

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Elsa
Accusative Elsu
Dative Elsu
Genitive Elsu

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German and Swedish Elsa.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Medieval diminutive of Elisabeth.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Elsa

  1. a female given name

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛl.sa/, (traditional) /ˈel.sa/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛlsa, (traditional) -elsa
  • Syllabification: Èl‧sa, (traditional) Él‧sa

Etymology 1[edit]

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From Latin Elsa.

Proper noun[edit]

Elsa ?

  1. A river in Tuscany

Etymology 2[edit]

Contraction of Elisabetta or Elisa.

Proper noun[edit]

Elsa f

  1. a female given name

References[edit]

  1. ^ Elsa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Elisabet.

Proper noun[edit]

Elsa

  1. a female given name

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Elsa f

  1. a female given name

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Elsa c (genitive Elsas)

  1. a female given name

References[edit]

  • 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.