Lars

lars lärs lårs English Pronunciation en ɑː(ɹ)z 1 Etymology 1 en gmq -, from en la Laurentius. Proper noun en male Latin occasionally given to Anglophones. en Reuters Lars Vilks, Swedish cartoonist who depicted Mohammed, killed in car crash w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/04/europe/lars-vilks-cartoonist-death-scli-intl/index.html 2021-10-04 Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, was killed in a car crash near the southern town of Markaryd on Sunday, police said. https://web.archive.org/web/20221015154828/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/04/europe/lars-vilks-cartoonist-death-scli-intl/index.html Etymology 2 Formed within English as a plural form of en lar, q.v. Proper noun en plurale tantum en Lares, the classical Roman household deities. en 1828 w:Thomas Keightley The Fairy Mythology II London William Harrison Ainsworth 234 Dwarfish deities they had none. We are indeed told of the Lars, particularly the rural Lars, as answering to the Gothic Dwarfs; but no proofs are offered except the diminutive size of their statues. Related terms en lar References Veka, O., Coleman, N. L. (2010). A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. United States: University of Wisconsin Press Anagrams en alrs ASLR Danish Etymology From da la Laurentius in the Middle Ages. Cognate with en Laurence. Proper noun da proper noun da male Related terms (male names) da Lasse, da Laurits, da Laurids, da Lauritz, da Laurs, da Laust (female names) da Larsine (surnames) da Larsen References Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 60 014 males with the given nameLars have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011. Dutch Etymology Borrowed from a Scandinavian language. Pronunciation nl /lɑrs/ nl Nl-Lars.ogg nl Lars nl ɑrs 1 Proper noun m nl male Faroese Proper noun fo proper noun m fo male Usage notes m Larsson Larsdóttir Declension Lars Lars Larsi Lars German Etymology Borrowed from de da -, de no - and de sv - da Lars in the latter half of the 20th century. Pronunciation de De-Lars.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun de male Icelandic Proper noun is proper noun m is male Declension This name is not declined. Norwegian Nynorsk Etymology From nn la Laurentius, first recorded in Norway in the 15th century. Cognate with en Laurence. Pronunciation nn /laːrs/ /laːʂ/ Proper noun m nn male Usage notes In dialects which do have definite forms of given names, the definite form of Lars is nn Larsen. In some other dialects, while speaking about a concrete person named Lars, pronoun han is added: han Lars. Lars Related terms (male given names) nn Lasse, nn Lavrans, nn Laurits (surnames) nn Larsen References Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7 Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 30 381 males with the given name Lars living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century and a minor peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011. Swedish Etymology From sv la Laurentius. First recorded in Sweden in 1524. Cognate with en Laurence. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Lars.wav Proper noun c sv male Usage notes The most common first name of men born in Sweden in the 1940s and the 1950s Related terms (male given names) sv Lasse (surnames) sv Larsson References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån: 235 086 males with the given name Lars living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on 19 June 2011.