Josef
See also: Jósef
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Iōsēphus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוֹסֵף (“(God) shall add”). Doublet of Albanian Jozef (“Joseph”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /joːsɛf/, /joːsəf/
Proper noun
Josef m (definite Josefi)
Declension
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf, literally “(God) shall add”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjozɛf]
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Danish
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Latin Josephus and/or Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjoːzɛf/, /ˈjoːzəf/, /ˈjoːˌzeːf/ (roughly in this order of frequency)
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Josef m (proper noun, strong, genitive Josefs)
- (biblical) Joseph
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
Norwegian
Related terms
- feminine forms: Josefine
Swedish
Proper noun
Josef c (genitive Josefs)
- (biblical) Joseph.
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- Kusep
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /hoˈsef/ [hoˈsɛf]
- IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /hoˈsep/ [hoˈsɛp]
- Rhymes: -ef, (more native-sounding) -ep
- Syllabification: Jo‧sef
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒosef/ [ˈd͡ʒo.sɛf] (English influence)
- IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈd͡ʒosep/ [ˈd͡ʒo.sɛp] (English influence)
- Rhymes: -osef (English influence), (more native-sounding) -osep (English influence)
- Syllabification: Jo‧sef
- IPA(key): /kuˈsep/ [kʊˈsɛp] (obsolete)
- IPA(key): /hoˈsef/ [hoˈsɛf]
Proper noun
Joséf (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜐᜒᜉ᜔)
- a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph
Related terms
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English Ioseph.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔːˈziːɸ/
Proper noun
Josef
- a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph
- 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 1-2:
- Adh Sankt Josef's die, adh a patroon o' Kilmoor, Jameen Qougeely was ee-pealthe.
- At St. Joseph's-day, at the patron of Kilmore, James Cagley was beaten.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 49
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