Matteus
Appearance
See also: Matteüs
Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Matteus
- Matthew (evangelist)
Estonian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Matteus
- (biblical) Matthew.
- a male given name, rare in this form. Given name forms: Madi, Madis, Maido, Mait, Mati
Faroese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Matteus m
- a male given name
Usage notes
[edit]Patronymics
- Matteus's son: Matteusarson or Matteusson
- Matteus's daughter: Matteusardóttir or Matteusdóttir
Declension
[edit]| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Matteus |
| accusative | Matteus |
| dative | Matteusi |
| genitive | Matteusar, Matteus |
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū, literally “gift of God”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmɑtːeus/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪ːe̞us̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑtːeus
- Syllabification(key): Mat‧te‧us
- Hyphenation(key): Mat‧te‧us
Proper noun
[edit]Matteus
- (biblical) Matthew.
- a male given name, rare in this form. Normal given name forms: Matias, Matti
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Matteus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Matteus | Matteukset | |
| genitive | Matteuksen | Matteusten Matteuksien | |
| partitive | Matteusta | Matteuksia | |
| illative | Matteukseen | Matteuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Matteus | Matteukset | |
| accusative | nom. | Matteus | Matteukset |
| gen. | Matteuksen | ||
| genitive | Matteuksen | Matteusten Matteuksien | |
| partitive | Matteusta | Matteuksia | |
| inessive | Matteuksessa | Matteuksissa | |
| elative | Matteuksesta | Matteuksista | |
| illative | Matteukseen | Matteuksiin | |
| adessive | Matteuksella | Matteuksilla | |
| ablative | Matteukselta | Matteuksilta | |
| allative | Matteukselle | Matteuksille | |
| essive | Matteuksena | Matteuksina | |
| translative | Matteukseksi | Matteuksiksi | |
| abessive | Matteuksetta | Matteuksitta | |
| instructive | — | Matteuksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Matteus is the 775th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 185 male individuals (and as a middle name to 244 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Matteus
- (biblical) Matthew.
- a male given name, rare in this form. Normal given name forms: Mathias, Mats, Mads
Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Matteus m
- a male given name, variant of Mateus
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Matteus c (genitive Matteus)
Categories:
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Biblical characters
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- et:Biblical characters
- Estonian given names
- Estonian male given names
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑtːeus
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑtːeus/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Biblical characters
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- no:Biblical characters
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese uncountable proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese male given names
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Biblical characters
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names