Hilbert
English
Etymology
From a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English given name of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. origin, hild (“battle”) + beorht (“bright”) (Proto-Germanic *Hildiberhtaz).
Proper noun
Hilbert
- (rare) A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- 1987 Barbara Vine, A Fatal Inversion, →ISBN, pages 48-49:
- 'An old family name,' he told his wife, though this was not true at all, his uncle's being thus christened having been an isolated instance of the use of Hilbert. There had been a fashion in the late nineteenth century for Germanic names and his uncle, born in 1902, had caught the tail end of it.
- 'I don't like that at all,' his wife had said. 'People will think it's really Gilbert or Albert. I don't want him teased, poor baby.'
- 1987 Barbara Vine, A Fatal Inversion, →ISBN, pages 48-49:
- A patronymic surname transferred from the given name
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Faroese
Proper noun
Hilbert m
- a male given name.
Usage notes
- son of Hilbert: Hilbertsson
- daughter of Hilbert: Hilbertsdóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Hilbert |
Accusative | Hilbert |
Dative | Hilberti |
Genitive | Hilberts |
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