Malte

See also: malte, malté, Maltę, and målte

Danish

Alternative forms

• Malthe

Etymology

Diminutive of the male given name Helmolt, from Old High German helm (“helmet”) + waltan (“to rule”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛːˀlt(s)ʰə]

Proper noun

Malte

1. a male given name

French

Etymology

From Latin Melite, which is disputed; from a Phoenician root 𐤌𐤋𐤈‎ (mlṭ), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, “honey”). More at Malta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Mal‧te
• Homophones: malt, malte, maltent, maltes, malts

Proper noun

Malte f

1. Malta (an island and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Related terms

• maltais
• Maltais
• Maltaise

See also

• (countries of Europe) pays de l'Europe; Albanie, Allemagne, Andorre, Arménie, Autriche, Azerbaïdjan, Belgique, Biélorussie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bulgarie, Chypre, Cité du Vatican, Croatie, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Finlande, France, Géorgie, Grèce, Hongrie, Irlande, Islande, Italie, Kazakhstan, Lettonie, Liechtenstein, Lituanie, Luxembourg, Macédoine du Nord, Malte, Moldavie, Monaco, Monténégro, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Portugal, République tchèque, Roumanie, Royaume-Uni, Russie, Saint-Marin, Serbie, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Suède, Suisse, Turquie, Ukraine ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Europe)}

Anagrams

• mêlât, métal

Friulian

Proper noun

Malte f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltês

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaltə/
• Rhymes: -altə

Etymology 1

Noun

Malte f (genitive Malte, plural Malten)

1. Obsolete form of Melde (“saltbush”)

Declension

Declension of Malte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Malte	die	Malten
genitive	einer	der	Malte	der	Malten
dative	einer	der	Malte	den	Malten
accusative	eine	die	Malte	die	Malten

Etymology 2

From Danish Malte.

Proper noun

Malte

1. a male given name

Further reading

• “Malte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Limburgish

Proper noun

Malte

1. Malta (an island and country in Europe)

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Proper noun

Malte f

1. (Jersey) Malta

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalte]

Proper noun

Malte f

1. dative/locative singular of Malta

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /máːltɛ/

Proper noun

Mȃlte

1. genitive singular of Mȃlta

Swedish

Etymology

From Danish Malte. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1672.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²maltɛ/

Proper noun

Malte c (genitive Maltes)

1. a male given name