Irma

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See also: irma, irmá, and irmã

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German Irma in the nineteenth century. Short form of Germanic names beginning with irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz. Cognate with English Emma.

Proper noun

Irma

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    • 1939 Herbert Ernest Bates, The Flying Goat, Ulverscroft Large Print Books (1995), →ISBN, page 52:
      - - -, she thanked God for Irma: thanked God that Irma's hair was rich and beautiful, that she had the aristocratic richness of a name like Irma and not the common poverty of a name like May or Flo;
  2. A village in Alberta, Canada.
  3. A village in Lombardy, Italy.
  4. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

Anagrams

Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Irma f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Irma.

Danish

Proper noun

Irma

  1. a female given name of German origin.

Estonian

Proper noun

Irma

  1. a female given name of German origin.

Faroese

Proper noun

Irma f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Irma: Irmuson
  • daughter of Irma: Irmudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Irma
Accusative Irmu
Dative Irmu
Genitive Irmu

Finnish

Etymology

From German Irma in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈirmɑ/, [ˈirmɑ̝]
  • Hyphenation: Ir‧ma

Proper noun

Irma

  1. a female given name.

Declension

Inflection of Irma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Irma Irmat
genitive Irman Irmojen
partitive Irmaa Irmoja
illative Irmaan Irmoihin
singular plural
nominative Irma Irmat
accusative nom. Irma Irmat
gen. Irman
genitive Irman Irmojen
Irmain rare
partitive Irmaa Irmoja
inessive Irmassa Irmoissa
elative Irmasta Irmoista
illative Irmaan Irmoihin
adessive Irmalla Irmoilla
ablative Irmalta Irmoilta
allative Irmalle Irmoille
essive Irmana Irmoina
translative Irmaksi Irmoiksi
abessive Irmatta Irmoitta
instructive — Irmoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Irma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Irmani Irmani
accusative nom. Irmani Irmani
gen. Irmani
genitive Irmani Irmojeni
Irmaini rare
partitive Irmaani Irmojani
inessive Irmassani Irmoissani
elative Irmastani Irmoistani
illative Irmaani Irmoihini
adessive Irmallani Irmoillani
ablative Irmaltani Irmoiltani
allative Irmalleni Irmoilleni
essive Irmanani Irmoinani
translative Irmakseni Irmoikseni
abessive Irmattani Irmoittani
instructive — —
comitative — Irmoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Irmasi Irmasi
accusative nom. Irmasi Irmasi
gen. Irmasi
genitive Irmasi Irmojesi
Irmaisi rare
partitive Irmaasi Irmojasi
inessive Irmassasi Irmoissasi
elative Irmastasi Irmoistasi
illative Irmaasi Irmoihisi
adessive Irmallasi Irmoillasi
ablative Irmaltasi Irmoiltasi
allative Irmallesi Irmoillesi
essive Irmanasi Irmoinasi
translative Irmaksesi Irmoiksesi
abessive Irmattasi Irmoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — Irmoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Irmamme Irmamme
accusative nom. Irmamme Irmamme
gen. Irmamme
genitive Irmamme Irmojemme
Irmaimme rare
partitive Irmaamme Irmojamme
inessive Irmassamme Irmoissamme
elative Irmastamme Irmoistamme
illative Irmaamme Irmoihimme
adessive Irmallamme Irmoillamme
ablative Irmaltamme Irmoiltamme
allative Irmallemme Irmoillemme
essive Irmanamme Irmoinamme
translative Irmaksemme Irmoiksemme
abessive Irmattamme Irmoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — Irmoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Irmanne Irmanne
accusative nom. Irmanne Irmanne
gen. Irmanne
genitive Irmanne Irmojenne
Irmainne rare
partitive Irmaanne Irmojanne
inessive Irmassanne Irmoissanne
elative Irmastanne Irmoistanne
illative Irmaanne Irmoihinne
adessive Irmallanne Irmoillanne
ablative Irmaltanne Irmoiltanne
allative Irmallenne Irmoillenne
essive Irmananne Irmoinanne
translative Irmaksenne Irmoiksenne
abessive Irmattanne Irmoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — Irmoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Irmansa Irmansa
accusative nom. Irmansa Irmansa
gen. Irmansa
genitive Irmansa Irmojensa
Irmainsa rare
partitive Irmaansa Irmojaan
Irmojansa
inessive Irmassaan
Irmassansa 		Irmoissaan
Irmoissansa
elative Irmastaan
Irmastansa 		Irmoistaan
Irmoistansa
illative Irmaansa Irmoihinsa
adessive Irmallaan
Irmallansa 		Irmoillaan
Irmoillansa
ablative Irmaltaan
Irmaltansa 		Irmoiltaan
Irmoiltansa
allative Irmalleen
Irmallensa 		Irmoilleen
Irmoillensa
essive Irmanaan
Irmanansa 		Irmoinaan
Irmoinansa
translative Irmakseen
Irmaksensa 		Irmoikseen
Irmoiksensa
abessive Irmattaan
Irmattansa 		Irmoittaan
Irmoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — Irmoineen
Irmoinensa

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Short form of female compound given names beginning with the Germanic element irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire". Made popular through nineteenth century German fiction.

Proper noun

Irma

  1. a female given name.
    • 1865 Berthold Auerbach, Auf der Hohe (translated as On the Heights by Simon Adler Stern):
      Die Angst gewann die Uebermacht, und wie ein Hülfeschrei aus der Tiefe rang sich von die Lippen der Königin der Ruf los: "Irma! Irma!" und Irma! Irma! tönte es wieder und wieder von den Bergen. Die weite Welt ringsum rief den Namen Irma...
      Fear gained the mastery and, with a wailing shriek for help, she cried out: "Irma! Irma!" and "Irma, Irma" was echoed again and again from the mountains. The whole world was shouting Irma's name.

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1888. From German Irma.

Proper noun

Irma f

  1. a female given name.

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Irma was the only given name of 803 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Slovak

Etymology

From German Irma.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Irma f (genitive singular Irmy, nominative plural Irmy, declension pattern of žena)

  1. a female given name.

Declension

Declension of Irma
singular plural
nominative Irma Irmy
genitive Irmy Iriem
dative Irme Irmám
accusative Irmu Irmy
locative Irme Irmách
instrumental Irmou Irmami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Irma”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Etymology

From German Irma. First recorded in Sweden in 1868.

Proper noun

Irma c (genitive Irmas)

  1. a female given name.

Anagrams

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