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Nils
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nils
Catalan
ca:
Alternative forms
ca Nyils local variant
Etymology
Ultimately from ca la asinus donkey.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-p
ca Nyls Q11938811
Derived terms
ca nilsenc
Danish
da:
Alternative forms
da Nels Niels
Etymology
da sv Nils. A variant of the more common Danish da Niels.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male
Estonian
et:
Etymology
et sv Nils.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male
Usage notes
m fo Nilsson fo Nilsdóttir
Declension
Nils Nils Nilsi Nils
German
de:
Alternative forms
de Niels Nilz
Etymology
de :bor sv:Nils
de sv Nils.
Pronunciation
de /niːls/
de De-Nils.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de male Swedish,Norwegian
Latvian
Etymology
lv sv Nils.
Proper noun
lv proper noun
lv male
Norwegian
no:
Etymology
Medieval vernacular form of the no la - saint's name la Nīcolāus, la Nīcholāus, ultimately from no grc Νικόλαος. Recorded in Norway since the 11th century. Cognate with en Nicholas.
Proper noun
no male
Related terms
variants:
no Nicolai
no Nikolai
no Niklas
pet form:
no Nisse
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 799 males with the given name Nils living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
Medieval vernacular form of the sv la Nīcolāus, ultimately from sv grc Νικόλαος. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1455.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Nils.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male
Related terms
(male given names) sv Claes, sv Clas, sv Klas, sv Nicklas, sv Niclas, sv Niklas, sv Nikolaus
(pet form) sv Nisse
(feminine names) sv Nicole
(surnames) sv Nilsson
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 137 988 males with the given name Nils living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Anagrams
sv ilns lins