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Berit
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berit
Danish
Proper noun
da female Birgitta,Birgitte
Estonian
Etymology
From et sv Berit.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Beritarson Beritardóttir
Declension
Berit Berit Berit Beritar
Norwegian
Etymology
Contraction of no Birgitte Bridget.
Proper noun
no female
en no Jon Henley and Rebecca Ratcliffe Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/08/journalists-maria-ressa-and-dmitry-muratov-win-nobel-peace-prize 2021-10-08 Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.
Usage notes
One of the most popular given names in Norway since the 17th century.
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 19 214 females with the given name Berit living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Berit.wav
Proper noun
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sv female, a dialectal variant of Birgitta
Anagrams
sv beirt biter