Hilda

See also: hilda

English

Etymology

Short form of Germanic names beginning or ending in hild (“battle”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪldə/

Proper noun

Hilda

1. A female given name used since Middle Ages.
2. St Hilda of Whitby

Translations

female given name

• Danish: Hilda
• Dutch: Hilda (nl)
• Esperanto: Hilda
• Estonian: Hilda
• Finnish: Hilda (fi)
• French: Hilda (fr)
• Galician: Hilda f
• German: Hilda

• Italian: Ilda (it)
• Norwegian: Hilda (no)
• Polish: Hilda (pl)
• Portuguese: Ilda f, Hilda f
• Russian: Хи́льда f (Xílʹda)
• Spanish: Hilda (es)
• Swedish: Hilda (sv)

Related terms

• Hildegard

Anagrams

• hail'd, halid

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Danish

Proper noun

Hilda

1. A female given name, cognate to English Hilda.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Hilda

1. A female given name, cognate to English Hilda.

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Faroese

Proper noun

Hilda f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Hilda: Hilduson
• daughter of Hilda: Hildudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Hilda
Accusative	Hildu
Dative	Hildu
Genitive	Hildu

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhildɑ]
• Hyphenation: Hil‧da

Proper noun

Hilda

1. A female given name, cognate to English Hilda.

Declension

Inflection of Hilda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Hilda	Hildat
genitive		Hildan	Hildojen
partitive		Hildaa	Hildoja
illative		Hildaan	Hildoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Hilda	Hildat
accusative	nom.	Hilda	Hildat
	gen.	Hildan
genitive		Hildan	Hildojen Hildainrare
partitive		Hildaa	Hildoja
inessive		Hildassa	Hildoissa
elative		Hildasta	Hildoista
illative		Hildaan	Hildoihin
adessive		Hildalla	Hildoilla
ablative		Hildalta	Hildoilta
allative		Hildalle	Hildoille
essive		Hildana	Hildoina
translative		Hildaksi	Hildoiksi
instructive		—	Hildoin
abessive		Hildatta	Hildoitta
comitative		—	Hildoineen

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German

Proper noun

Hilda

1. A female given name, cognate to Hilda.

Related terms

• Hilde

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Hilda

1. A female given name, cognate to Hilda.

Related terms

• Hilde, Hildur

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Ilda

Etymology

Borrowing from German Hilda.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈiw.dɐ/

Proper noun

Hilda f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Hilda

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Hilda.

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦiɫda/

Proper noun

Hilda f (genitive Hildy, nominative plural Hildy) declension pattern žena

1. A female given name.

Declension

Declension of Hilda

	singular	plural
nominative	Hilda	Hildy
genitive	Hildy	Híld
dative	Hilde	Hildám
accusative	Hildu	Hildy
locative	Hilde	Hildách
instrumental	Hildou	Hildami

Derived terms

• Hilduška

Further reading

• Hilda in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Spanish

Proper noun

Hilda f

1. A female given name, cognate to English Hilda.

Related terms

• Ilda
• Nilda

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Swedish

Proper noun

Hilda

1. A female given name, cognate to Hilda.

Related terms

• Hildur