Elsa
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See also: elsa
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
- 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]
- ASLE, Ales, ELAS, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, seal, sela
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Elsa f
- a female given name
Declension[edit]
Declension of Elsa
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
- 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]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Elsa
- 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) | |||
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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
- 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]
Proper noun[edit]
Elsa ?
- A river in Tuscany
Etymology 2[edit]
Contraction of Elisabetta or Elisa.
Proper noun[edit]
Elsa f
- a female given name
References[edit]
- ^ Elsa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Elisabet.
Proper noun[edit]
Elsa
- a female given name
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Elsa f
- 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)
- 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.
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- English terms borrowed from German
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- English lemmas
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- English female given names from German
- English female given names from Hebrew
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- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Faroese lemmas
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- Faroese feminine nouns
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- Finnish terms derived from German
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/elsɑ
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- Italian 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛlsa
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- Rhymes:Italian/elsa
- Rhymes:Italian/elsa/2 syllables
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian lemmas
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- it:Rivers in Tuscany
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- Norwegian lemmas
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- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/elsa
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- Spanish lemmas
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- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish given names
- Spanish female given names
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
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