Kalle
See also: kalle
Estonian
Etymology
From Swedish and Finnish Kalle. Also used as a diminutive of Kalev.
Proper noun
Kalle
- a male given name from Swedish.
Finnish
Etymology
Originally a pet form of Kaarle, Kaarlo, and of the Swedish Karl.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kalle
- a male given name.
- 1971 Kalle Päätalo, Huonemiehen poika, Gummerus (1981), →ISBN, pages 281-282:
- Jo yksistään Jokijärven ympärystän taloissa ja torpissa oli Kalle-nimisiä miehiä ja poikia täysi tusina, vaikka miespuolisia asukkaita kertyi kaikkiaankin vain sadan paikkeille. Meitä eivät jokijärveläiset, niin nimien muuntamisen mestareita kuin olivatkin, puhutelleet kuin kolmessa muodossa: Kalle, Kassu ja Kalakku.
- 1971 Kalle Päätalo, Huonemiehen poika, Gummerus (1981), →ISBN, pages 281-282:
- The letter "K" in the Finnish tavausaakkoset, a spelling system similar to ICAO spelling alphabet.
Declension
Inflection of Kalle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kalle | Kallet | |
genitive | Kallen | Kallejen | |
partitive | Kallea | Kalleja | |
illative | Kalleen | Kalleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kalle | Kallet | |
accusative | nom. | Kalle | Kallet |
gen. | Kallen | ||
genitive | Kallen | Kallejen Kallein rare | |
partitive | Kallea | Kalleja | |
inessive | Kallessa | Kalleissa | |
elative | Kallesta | Kalleista | |
illative | Kalleen | Kalleihin | |
adessive | Kallella | Kalleilla | |
ablative | Kallelta | Kalleilta | |
allative | Kallelle | Kalleille | |
essive | Kallena | Kalleina | |
translative | Kalleksi | Kalleiksi | |
abessive | Kalletta | Kalleitta | |
instructive | — | Kallein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
German
Etymology
From Yiddish כּלה (kale, “bride”), from Hebrew כַּלָּה (kalá, “bride”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Kalle f (genitive Kalle, plural Kallen)
Declension
Further reading
- “Kalle” in Duden online
Swedish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kalle c (genitive Kalles)
- a diminutive of the male given name Karl.
- a male given name based on the diminutive above
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- Estonian terms borrowed from Swedish
- Estonian terms derived from Swedish
- Estonian terms borrowed from Finnish
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- Estonian male given names from Swedish
- Estonian male given names from Finnish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
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- Finnish nalle-type nominals
- German terms derived from Yiddish
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- Rhymes:German/alə
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