Gunter

See also: gunter and Günter

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis

Proto-Germanic *gunþiz

Proto-Indo-European *ker-der.

Proto-Indo-European *kóryos

Proto-Germanic *harjaz

Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz

Proto-West Germanic *Gunþihari

Old High German Gundheri

German Guntherbor.

English Gunter

From German Gunther, from Proto-West Germanic *Gunþihari, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊntə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Gunter

1. (obsolete) A male given name from the Germanic languages used in medieval England.
2. A surname.
3. A city in Grayson County, Texas, United States.
4. (obsolete, slang) Gunter's chain.

Derived terms

• gunterite
• Gunter's chain
• Gunter's line
• Gunter's quadrant
• Gunter's scale
• Guntersville

Translations

male given name

• Danish: Gunnar
• Esperanto: Guntero
• Faroese: Gunnar
• German: Günter (de), Günther (de)
• Icelandic: Gunnar (is)
• Latvian: Guntars m
• Norwegian: Gunnar (no)
• Swedish: Gunnar (sv)

Anagrams

• gurnet, urgent

German

Alternative forms

• Gunther
• Günter
• Günther

Etymology

From Old High German gund (“battle”) + heri (“army”), from Proto-West Germanic *Gunþihari, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz.

Proper noun

Gunter

1. a male given name from Old High German, of rare usage

Proper noun

Gunter m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Gunters or (with an article) Gunter, feminine genitive Gunter, plural Gunters or Gunter)

1. a surname originating as a patronymic