Waldemar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German or North European Waldemar in the 19th century, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ.

Proper noun

Waldemar

1. (rather rare) A male given name.
   • 1819 Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 9:

     If, as a stranger in our land, you should require the aid of other judgment to guide your own, we can only say that Alicia, the daughter of our gallant knight Waldemar Fitzurse, has at our court been long held the first in beauty as in place.

Translations

male given name

• Czech: Valdemar
• Danish: Valdemar
• Finnish: Valto, Valdemar
• German: Waldemar
• Italian: Valdemaro (it) m

• Latvian: Voldemārs m, Valdemārs m
• Norwegian: Valdemar
• Polish: Waldemar (pl)
• Portuguese: Valdemar m, Valdemiro
• Swedish: Valdemar (sv)

See also

• Vladimir

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German

Etymology

Old High German waltan ‎(“power”) + māri ‎(“famous”); a cognate of Slavonic Vladimir, merged with Scandinavian Valdemar.

Proper noun

Waldemar

1. A male given name.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /valˈdɛ.mar/

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Proper noun

Waldemar m

1. A male given name.

Declension

declension of Waldemar

	singular	plural
nominative	Waldemar	Waldemarowie
genitive	Waldemara	Waldemarów
dative	Waldemarowi	Waldemarom
accusative	Waldemara	Waldemarów
instrumental	Waldemarem	Waldemarami
locative	Waldemarze	Waldemarach
vocative	Waldemarze	Waldemarowie

Derived terms

• Waldek

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Swedish

Proper noun

Waldemar

1. A male given name, a less common spelling of Valdemar.