Bertha

bertha English Etymology Definitely from en ang Berþa as a result of metathesis of h, from earlier en ang Berhte bright one, influence of Latin Bercta. Alternatively, from en goh berhta bright one, which was an epithet of the goddess Frigg. Pronunciation en /ˈbɝθə/ GA en /ˈbɜːθə/ RP en ɜː(ɹ)θə 2 Proper noun en female Germanic languages. en 1858 Henry Wadswoth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish You are the beautiful Bertha, the spinner, the queen of Helvetia; / She whose story I read at a stall in the streets of Southampton en 1921 w:Lucy Maud Montgomery Rilla of Ingleside 12 Echo Library 2006 1406821772 Why couldn't they have called her by her first name, Bertha, which was beautiful and dignified, instead of that silly "Rilla"? en 1983 w:Margaret Atwood Bluebeard's Egg McCleland-Bantam 0770421342 135 "No wonder she never gets anywhere with a name like Bertha," Sally said, while having coffee afterwards with two of the other night-coursers. "It goes with her outfits, though." ( Bertha sports the macrame look, with health-food sandals and hand-weave skirts that don't do a thing for her square figure, [...]) en Perchta goddess in Alpine paganism. Translations female given name Czech: cs Berta Danish: da Bertha Faroese: fo Berta Finnish: fi Bertta French: fr Berthe Galician: gl Berta f German: de Bertha Hungarian: hu Berta Latvian: lv Berta f Norman: nrf Berthe Occitan: oc Bèrta f Slovak: sk Berta f Slovene: sl Berta f Spanish: es Berta Swedish: sv Berta Anagrams en abehrt bareth bather breath Danish Proper noun c da female Bertha German Alternative forms de Berta Pronunciation de De-Bertha.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun f,s.gen:s de female Bertha Declension f,s.gen:s