Andreas
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)
See also
Danish
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑnˈdreː.ɑs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: An‧dre‧as
Proper noun
Andreas m
- Andrew (apostle, brother of the apostle Peter)
- A male given name, equivalent to English Andrew
Derived terms
Related terms
Estonian
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑndreɑs/, [ˈɑndre̞ɑs̠]
Declension
Inflection of Andreas (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Andreas | Andreakset | |
genitive | Andreaksen | Andreasten Andreaksien | |
partitive | Andreasta | Andreaksia | |
illative | Andreakseen | Andreaksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Andreas | Andreakset | |
accusative | nom. | Andreas | Andreakset |
gen. | Andreaksen | ||
genitive | Andreaksen | Andreasten Andreaksien | |
partitive | Andreasta | Andreaksia | |
inessive | Andreaksessa | Andreaksissa | |
elative | Andreaksesta | Andreaksista | |
illative | Andreakseen | Andreaksiin | |
adessive | Andreaksella | Andreaksilla | |
ablative | Andreakselta | Andreaksilta | |
allative | Andreakselle | Andreaksille | |
essive | Andreaksena | Andreaksina | |
translative | Andreakseksi | Andreaksiksi | |
instructive | — | Andreaksin | |
abessive | Andreaksetta | Andreaksitta | |
comitative | — | Andreaksineen |
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [anˈdʀeːas]
Audio (Austria) (file) - Hyphenation: An‧dre‧as
Proper noun
Andreas m (genitive Andreas or Andreas', plural Andreasse)[1]
- Andrew (biblical figure)
- A male given name, equivalent to English Andrew
Usage notes
- The genitive Andreas can be used after the article des (masculine genitive singular).
Declension
References
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈdreː.aːs/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈdre.as/, [anˈdreː.as]
Norwegian
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 19 793 males with the given name Andreas living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1990s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin Andreas, of Ancient Greek origin. First recorded in Sweden in runes in the 12th century.
Proper noun
Andreas c (genitive Andreas, Andreas')
- Andrew (biblical figure)
- A male given name, equivalent to English Andrew
- Det där är Andreas hund.
- That's Andreas's dog.
- Andreas och Andrea har varsin hund men Andreas' är störst.
- Andreas and Andrea has each got a dog, but Andreas's is the biggest.
- genitive of Andrea
Related terms
Usage notes
The genitive form with an apostrophe is generally only to be used when you need to tell the genitive of Andreas and Andrea apart, see the usage examples above.
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 70 686 males with the given name Andreas living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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