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Gertrude
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English
Etymology
From en fro, from en gem-pro *gaizaz spear + gem-pro *þrūþiz strength or gem-pro *trut- maiden, dear ; name of a Belgian seventh century saint.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡɝtɹud/ GA
en /ˈɡɜːtɹuːd/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gertrude.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en female Germanic languages.
IV V O Gertrude, Gertrude! / When sorrows come, they come not single spies, / But in battalions.
en 1850 w:Dante Gabriel Rossetti The Blessed Damozel 103–108 "We two," she said, "will seek the groves / Where the lady Mary is, / With her five handmaidens, whose names / Are five sweet symphonies, / Cecily, Gertrude, Magdalen, / Margaret and Rosalys.
Derived terms
en Gertie, en Trudi, en Trudie, en Trudy
Translations
female given name
Basque: eu Gertrudis, eu Gertrude
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 格特魯德 Gétèlǔdé
Czech: cs Gertruda f
Danish: da Gertrud
Dutch: nl Geertruida f, nl Gertruida, nl Gertrude
Esperanto: eo Gertrudo
Estonian: et Kertu
Finnish: fi Kerttu
French: fr Gertrude
Galician: gl Xertrude f
Georgian: ka გერტრუდა, ka გერტრუდი
German: de Gertrud, de Gertraud, de Gertrude
Greenlandic: kl Qitura
Hungarian: hu Gertrúd
Icelandic: is Geirþrúður f
Italian: it Geltrude
Latvian: lv Ģertrūde f
Lithuanian: lt Gertrūda f
Norwegian: no Gjertrud
Polish: pl Gertruda f
Portuguese: pt Gertrudes f
Russian: ru Гертру́да f
Sicilian: scn Cirtruda f
Spanish: es Gertrudis
Swedish: sv Gertrud
Walloon: wa Djetrou
Basque
Etymology
Variant of eu Gertrudis.
Proper noun
eu female
References
, page 191
German
Alternative forms
de Gertrud Gertraud Gertraude
Etymology
de gem-pro *gaizaz spear + gem-pro *þrūþiz strength or gem-pro *trut- maiden, dear.
Pronunciation
de /ɡɛʁˈtʁuːdə/
de De-Gertrude.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Ger tru de
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female Gerti,Trude,Trudi,Trudl