Hubert

See also: Hubèrt and Húbert

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French Hubert, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (mind) + *berhtaz (bright, famous). See Saint Hubert.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hubert (plural Huberts)

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, borne by an 8th-century bishop of Liège, patron saint of hunters.
    • c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      : Act IV, Scene I:
      An if an angel should have come to me
      And told me Hubert should put out mine eyes
      I would not have believed him; no tongue but Hubert's.
  2. A surname.

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦubɛrt]

Proper noun

Hubert m anim

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Dutch

Etymology

From Hubertus, Latinised form of Hubrecht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦy.bərt/, (French-based pronunciation) /(ɦ)yˈbɛr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Hu‧bert

Proper noun

Hubert m

  1. a male given name

Estonian

Etymology

From German Hubert.

Proper noun

Hubert (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. a male given name from German, equivalent to English Hubert

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /y.bɛʁ/

Proper noun

Hubert m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Hubert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Huberts)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert

Derived terms

Old French

Proper noun

Hubert m (nominative singular Huberts)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxu.bɛrt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ubɛrt
  • Syllabification: Hu‧bert

Proper noun

Hubert m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert

Declension

Further reading

  • Hubert in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hubert.

Proper noun

Hubert m (genitive/dative lui Hubert)

  1. a surname from German

References

  • Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from German Hubert.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦubɛrt/

Proper noun

Hubert m anim (genitive singular Huberta, nominative plural Hubertovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert

Declension

Derived terms

  • Hubertko

Further reading

  • Hubert”, 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
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