Otto
English
Etymology
From German Otto, short form of compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) (cognate of English Ed- in Edgar, Edmund, Edward, etc.).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ
Proper noun
Otto
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Translations
male given name
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Descendants
- Translingual: Ottoia
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Otto
- a male given name.
Related terms
- (surnames) Ottosen
References
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 23 647 males with the given name Otto have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Estonian
Etymology
Proper noun
Otto
- a male given name from German, equivalent to English Otto.
Related terms
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Otto m
- a male given name.
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Otto: Ottosson
- daughter of Otto: Ottosdóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Otto |
Accusative | Otto |
Dative | Otto |
Genitive | Ottos |
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Otto
- a male given name.
- 1958 Paavo Rintala, Pojat, Otava (2000), →ISBN, page 185:
- —Minun nimi Otto.
- —Otto on suomalainenkin nimi.
- —Jaa minä tiedä, kansainvälinen, überall Otto-nimi...
- 2014 Tanja Pohjola, Lintu pieni, Atena, →ISBN, page 13:
- Dorotean huulet liikkuivat, kun hän toisti aviomiehensä nimen, mutta se ei saanut häntä tuntemeen mitään. Nimi niin kuin mikä tahansa. Eikö sen olisi pitänyt läikyttää häntä, saada vedet valumaan yli? Mutta Otto, miten yksinkertainen nimi. Ei tietoakaan siitä, miten paljon enemmän elämä voi olla kuin kaksi konsonanttia ja kaksi vokaalia.
- 2014 Heikki Turunen, Karjalan kuningas, WSOY, →ISBN, page 12:
- Toisen kerran äiti epäili päähänpinttymän syyksi Onnelan Viijaa, kuvanveistäjää, joka oli Impan rotinoilla nauranut ja sanonut minua, nimen kuultuaan, kuningas Otoksi, Saksaa joskus todella hallinneen sennimisen kuninkaan mukaan.
- 1958 Paavo Rintala, Pojat, Otava (2000), →ISBN, page 185:
- The letter "O" in the Finnish tavausaakkoset, a spelling system similar to ICAO spelling alphabet.
Declension
Inflection of Otto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Otto | Otot | ||
genitive | Oton | Ottojen | ||
partitive | Ottoa | Ottoja | ||
illative | Ottoon | Ottoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Otto | Otot | ||
accusative | nom. | Otto | Otot | |
gen. | Oton | |||
genitive | Oton | Ottojen | ||
partitive | Ottoa | Ottoja | ||
inessive | Otossa | Otoissa | ||
elative | Otosta | Otoista | ||
illative | Ottoon | Ottoihin | ||
adessive | Otolla | Otoilla | ||
ablative | Otolta | Otoilta | ||
allative | Otolle | Otoille | ||
essive | Ottona | Ottoina | ||
translative | Otoksi | Otoiksi | ||
abessive | Ototta | Otoitta | ||
instructive | — | Otoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Short form of Old High German compound names beginning with the element ōt (“riches”), such as Ottokar and Otmar. Name of a 10th century German emperor.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Otto
- a male given name.
- a patronymic surname transferred from the given name
Related terms
- Ottonen
- (male given names) Udo
- (female given names) Oda, Odilia, Ottilie, Uta, Ute
- Otto Normalverbraucher
Norwegian
Etymology
Proper noun
Otto
- a male given name.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Otto m
- a male given name, variant of Oto, equivalent to English Otto
Swedish
Etymology
Proper noun
Otto c (genitive Ottos)
- a male given name.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɒtəʊ
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English palindromes
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Germanic languages
- Danish terms borrowed from German
- Danish terms derived from German
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish palindromes
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Estonian terms borrowed from German
- Estonian terms derived from German
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian palindromes
- Estonian given names
- Estonian male given names
- Estonian male given names from German
- Faroese terms derived from German
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/ɔʰtːʊ
- Faroese terms with homophones
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese palindromes
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- Finnish terms borrowed from German
- Finnish terms derived from German
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish palindromes
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish valo-type nominals
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- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
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- German given names
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- German surnames
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- Norwegian terms borrowed from German
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- Norwegian lemmas
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- Norwegian palindromes
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- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese palindromes
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese male given names
- Swedish terms borrowed from German
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- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish palindromes
- Swedish common-gender nouns
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