Vilhelm
Danish
Proper noun
Vilhelm
- a male given name, equivalent to English William.
Related terms
Faroese
Proper noun
Vilhelm m
- a male given name.
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Vilhelm: Vilhelmsson
- daughter of Vilhelm: Vilhelmsdóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Vilhelm |
Accusative | Vilhelm |
Dative | Vilhelmi |
Genitive | Vilhelms |
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vilhelm
- William (of foreign historical persons)
- Vilhelm Valloittaja ― William the Conqueror
- a male given name, usually a middle name (arguably Swedish, not Finnish).
- 1960 Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla 2, (WSOY 1980) →ISBN, page 14:
- Johannes Vilhelmin pojanpojasta oli tehty Vilho Johannes, ja pienokainen nukkui rauhallisena puheensorinan ja tupakansavun täyttämän tuvan nurkassa olevassa kehdossaan.
- 1960 Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla 2, (WSOY 1980) →ISBN, page 14:
Declension
Inflection of Vilhelm (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Vilhelm | Vilhelmit | ||
genitive | Vilhelmin | Vilhelmien | ||
partitive | Vilhelmiä | Vilhelmejä | ||
illative | Vilhelmiin | Vilhelmeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Vilhelm | Vilhelmit | ||
accusative | nom. | Vilhelm | Vilhelmit | |
gen. | Vilhelmin | |||
genitive | Vilhelmin | Vilhelmien | ||
partitive | Vilhelmiä | Vilhelmejä | ||
inessive | Vilhelmissä | Vilhelmeissä | ||
elative | Vilhelmistä | Vilhelmeistä | ||
illative | Vilhelmiin | Vilhelmeihin | ||
adessive | Vilhelmillä | Vilhelmeillä | ||
ablative | Vilhelmiltä | Vilhelmeiltä | ||
allative | Vilhelmille | Vilhelmeille | ||
essive | Vilhelminä | Vilhelmeinä | ||
translative | Vilhelmiksi | Vilhelmeiksi | ||
abessive | Vilhelmittä | Vilhelmeittä | ||
instructive | — | Vilhelmein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
Norwegian
Proper noun
Vilhelm
- a male given name, equivalent to English William.
Related terms
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Of Germanic origin, cognate with German Wilhelm and English William. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in the 12th century.
Proper noun
Vilhelm c (genitive Vilhelms)
- a male given name.
Related terms
- (male given names) Bill, Billy,Villy,Willy, William
- (feminine forms) Mimmi, Vilhelmina, Wilhelmina, Vilma, Wilma
- (surnames) Vilhelmsson, Wilhelmsson
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 23 532 males with the given name vilhelm (compared to 21 343 named Wilhelm) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Categories:
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ilhelm
- Rhymes:Finnish/ilhelm/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- Swedish terms derived from Germanic languages
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
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