Olaf
English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Olaf
- A male given name.
- 1998 Garrison Keillor, Wobegon Boy, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 71:
- And then all hundred and one of us trooped across the grass and onto the platform and got our diplomas from Mr. Halvorson, the superintendent of schools, and he said my name into the microphone―Tollefson, John Olaf―and there is was, the terrible secret of my middle name, revealed, and I slunk back to my seat and people whispered, 'Hey, Ole.'
- 1998 Garrison Keillor, Wobegon Boy, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 71:
Usage notes
- Best known for an 11th-century king and patron saint of Norway. Rarely used as a given name of English-speakers.
Translations
male given name
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse Óláfr, from Proto-Norse *Anulaibaʀ (*Anulaibaʀ).
German
Pronunciation
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Norwegian
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.laf/
Audio (file)
Declension
declension of Olaf
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Olaf | Olafowie |
genitive | Olafa | Olafów |
dative | Olafowi | Olafom |
accusative | Olafa | Olafów |
instrumental | Olafem | Olafami |
locative | Olafie | Olafach |
vocative | Olafie | Olafowie |
Further reading
- Olaf in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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