Nils
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Catalan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Nyils (local variant)
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Latin asinus (“donkey”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Nils m pl (plural only)
- a town of the Rosselló (Roussillon) district in Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France. French name: Nyls
Derived terms[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swedish Nils. A variant of the more common Danish Niels.
Proper noun[edit]
Nils
- a male given name
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Nils
- a male given name
Faroese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Nils m
- a male given name
Usage notes[edit]
Patronymics
- son of Nils: Nilsson
- daughter of Nils: Nilsdóttir
Declension[edit]
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Nils |
| Accusative | Nils |
| Dative | Nilsi |
| Genitive | Nils |
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Nils
- a male given name from Swedish or Norwegian
Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Nils
- a male given name
Norwegian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Medieval vernacular form of the Latin saint's name Nicolaus, Nicholaus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). Recorded in Norway since the 11th century. Cognate with English Nicholas.
Proper noun[edit]
Nils
- a male given name
Related terms[edit]
variants:
pet form:
References[edit]
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 799 males with the given name Nils living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Medieval vernacular form of the Latin Nicolaus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1455.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Nils c (genitive Nils)
- a male given name
Related terms[edit]
- (male given names) Claes, Clas, Klas, Nicklas, Niclas, Niklas, Nikolaus
- (pet form) Nisse
- (feminine names) Nicole
- (surnames) Nilsson
References[edit]
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 137 988 males with the given name Nils living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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