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Oskar
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Oskár Óskar öskar
Czech
cs:
Etymology
cs :bor en:Oscar<ety:uder<mga:Oscar>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an
cs male Oscar
Declension
m.an
Danish
Alternative forms
da Oscar
Etymology
From da en Oscar, from da mga Oscar.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from et sv Oskar, from et en Oscar, from et mga Oscar.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male Oscar Swedish
Faroese
Etymology
From fo en Oscar, in turn from fo mga Oscar or fo ang Ōscār, ang Ōsgār. In the latter case, it is a doublet of fo Ásgeir
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male
Usage notes
m Oskarsson Oskarsdóttir
Declension
Oskar Oskar Oskari Oskars
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of fi Oskari.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male
Declension
0 Oskar a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 2355 4268 229
References
German
de:
Alternative forms
de Oscar
Etymology
de en Oscar, from de mga Oscar.
Pronunciation
de /ˈɔskaʁ/
de De-at Oskar.ogg Austria
de De-Oskar.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Os kar
Proper noun
de proper noun
de male
Derived terms
de stolz wie Oskar
Norwegian
Alternative forms
no Oscar
Etymology
From no en Oscar, from no mga Oscar.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no male
Polish
pl:+ (imię)
Pronunciation
Pl-Oskar.ogg
Proper noun
pl proper noun m
pl male Oscar
Declension
<m.pr.nomplowie>
Further reading
Swedish
Alternative forms
sv Oscar
Etymology
From sv en Oscar, from sv mga Oscar.
Pronunciation
sv /¹ɔskar/
Proper noun
c
sv male
Usage notes
Became very fashionable in 19th century, as the name (Oscar) of two kings of Sweden.
Returned to favor in the 1980s. Oskar or Oscar (the slightly more common spelling today) is the most common first name of boys born in Sweden in the 2000s decade.
References
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 43 180 males with the given name Oskar (compared to 30 402 named Oscar) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade and in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Anagrams
sv akors orsak