Gunnar
Appearance
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Gunnarr, cognate with German Günther and medieval English Gunter.
Proper noun
[edit]Gunnar
- a male given name
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- [3] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 117 males with the given name Gunnar have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Gunnar
- a male given name
Related terms
[edit]Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Gunnarr, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Gunnar m
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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indefinite | |
nominative | Gunnar |
accusative | Gunnar |
dative | Gunnari |
genitive | Gunnars |
Derived terms
[edit]- Gunnarsson, patronymic, son of Gunnar
- Gunnarsdóttir, patronymic, daughter of Gunnar
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ʏnːar
Proper noun
[edit]Gunnar m (proper noun, genitive singular Gunnars)
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Gunnarr, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz, from *gunþiz (“battle”) + *harjaz (“warrior”). Cognate with Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish Gunnar, Danish Gunder and German Gunther.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /²ɡʊnːar/, /²ɡʉnːar/
- (segmentation) IPA(key): /²ɡʊdnar/
- (palatalisation) IPA(key): /²ɡʊɲːar/, (Sunnmøre) /²ɡʊɲːa/
Proper noun
[edit]Gunnar m
- a male given name from Old Norse
Usage notes
[edit]The name is also found in various 19th century rune inscriptions from Hordaland, using the Danicised form Gunder: ᚵᚢᚿᚦᛅᚱ.[1][2]
Patronymics:
- son of Gunnar: Gunnarsson
- daughter of Gunnar: Gunnarsdotter
Related terms
[edit]- gunn (name element)
References
[edit]- Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 149
- Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 805 males with the given name Gunnar living in Norway on January 1st 2022, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 2nd January, 2022.
Old Norse
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Gunnar m
Gunnar f
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Gunnar c (genitive Gunnars)
- a male given name
Related terms
[edit]- (surnames) Gunnarsson
References
[edit]Categories:
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Estonian terms derived from Old Norse
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian male given names
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/ʊnːaɹ
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ʏnːar
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ʏnːar/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic given names
- Icelandic male given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names from Old Norse
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
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- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
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- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
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- Swedish male given names