Adolf

See also: Adólf

English

Etymology

From Old High German adal (noble) + wulf (wolf). Doublet of Ethelwolf from Old English Æþelwulf.

Proper noun

Adolf (plural Adolfs)

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Adolph.

Usage notes

  • Very rarely given to children since World War II because of its association with Adolf Hitler.

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈadolf]

Proper noun

Adolf m anim

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

Declension

Danish

Proper noun

Adolf

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

Usage notes

  • Rare after World War II.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.dɔlf/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Adolf

Proper noun

Adolf m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

Faroese

Proper noun

Adolf m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Adolf: Adolfsson
  • daughter of Adolf: Adolfsdóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Adolf
Accusative Adolf
Dative Adolfi
Genitive Adolfs

German

Etymology

From Old High German adal (noble) + wolf (wolf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːdɔlf/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Adolf m (proper noun, strong, genitive Adolfs or (with an article) Adolf)

  1. a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Adolph

Usage notes

  • Adolf was one of the most popular names between 1890 and 1905, after which it began to become less common. It saw a renewed rise in popularity between 1933 and 1941, but remained below the levels of the turn of the century. Since the end of the 1940s, it became very rare; when used at all it was generally as a middle name. In the GDR it was even entirely forbidden, which means that noticeably fewer Adolfs live in that region than in other German-speaking areas. In 2006, there was 1 baby in a sample of 27 700 who was given the middle name Adolf.[1] As of 1998, there lived about about 75 000 Germans named Adolf.

References

  1. Adolf at beliebte-vornamen.de

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒdolf]
  • Hyphenation: Adolf
  • Rhymes: -olf

Proper noun

Adolf

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Adolf Adolfok
accusative Adolfot Adolfokat
dative Adolfnak Adolfoknak
instrumental Adolffal Adolfokkal
causal-final Adolfért Adolfokért
translative Adolffá Adolfokká
terminative Adolfig Adolfokig
essive-formal Adolfként Adolfokként
essive-modal
inessive Adolfban Adolfokban
superessive Adolfon Adolfokon
adessive Adolfnál Adolfoknál
illative Adolfba Adolfokba
sublative Adolfra Adolfokra
allative Adolfhoz Adolfokhoz
elative Adolfból Adolfokból
delative Adolfról Adolfokról
ablative Adolftól Adolfoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Adolfé Adolfoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Adolféi Adolfokéi
Possessive forms of Adolf
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Adolfom Adolfjaim
2nd person sing. Adolfod Adolfjaid
3rd person sing. Adolfja Adolfjai
1st person plural Adolfunk Adolfjaink
2nd person plural Adolfotok Adolfjaitok
3rd person plural Adolfjuk Adolfjaik

Icelandic

Proper noun

Adolf m

  1. a male given name

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From Old High German adal (noble) + wulf (wolf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.dɔlf/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -adɔlf
  • Syllabification: A‧dolf

Proper noun

Adolf m pers (female equivalent Adolfa or Adolfina)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

Declension

Further reading

  • Adolf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈadoɫf/

Proper noun

Adolf m anim (genitive singular Adolfa, nominative plural Adolfovia, genitive plural Adolfov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Adolf”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Etymology

From Runic Swedish Aulfr.

Proper noun

Adolf c (genitive Adolfs)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

Usage notes

  • The name of four Swedish kings. Due to its association with Hitler, the name became rare after World War II.
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