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Otto
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otto òtto Ottó -otto öttö
English
<dab>
Etymology
en de Otto, from en goh -, short form of compound names (such as goh Otachar, de Ottokar) beginning with en gmw-pro *aud, from en gem-pro *audaz wealth, riches (cognate of en Ed- in en Edgar, en Edmund, en Edward, en Edith, etc.).
Pronunciation
en /ˈɑtoʊ/ GA
en /ˈɒtəʊ/ RP
en en-us-otto.ogg US
en ɒtəʊ 2
en otto ; auto<aa:cot-caught>
Proper noun
~ s es
en male Germanic languages.
en Choe Sang-Hun, Austin Ramzy and Motoko Rich Otto Warmbier Got an Extra Dose of Brutality From North Korea. The Mystery Is Why. w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/world/asia/north-korea-otto-warmbier-.html 2017-06-14 That makes the case of Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old American college student who had been serving a 15-year sentence in North Korea, even more striking. https://web.archive.org/web/20171024050529/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/world/asia/north-korea-otto-warmbier-.html
en Germanic languages
en number of places c/USA:
en twp co/Kankakee County s/Illinois.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Bethlehem co/Clark County s/Indiana.
en twp co/Oceana County s/Michigan.
en twp co/Otter Tail County s/Minnesota.
en town co/Cattaraugus County s/New York.
en ucomm co/Macon County s/North Carolina.
en twp co/McKean County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm co/Roane County s/West Virginia.
en ucomm co/Big Horn County s/Wyoming.
en geographical township dist/Timiskaming District p/Ontario c/Canada.
Derived terms
en Ottonian Otto Pass Otto Creek Otto cycle
Descendants
mul Ottoia, Ottoiidae family
Translations
male given name
Bengali: bn অটো
Bulgarian: bg О́то m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 奧托 Āotuō
Czech: cs Oto m, cs Ota m
Danish: da Otto
Ecclesiastical Latin: la-ecc Ōttō m
Estonian: et Otto
Finnish: fi Otto
French: fr Otton m
Georgian: ka ოტო
German: de Otto
Greek: el Όθωνας m, el Όθων m
Greenlandic: kl Ortu
Hindi: hi ऑटो m
Icelandic: is Ottó m
Italian: it Ottone m
Japanese: ja オットー Ottō
Korean: ko ^오토
Latvian: lv Oto m
Norwegian: no Otto
Polish: pl Otto m, pl Otton m, pl Odo m, pl Odon m
Portuguese: pt Oto m, pt Otto m
Russian: ru О́тто m
Slovak: sk Oto m
Spanish: es Otón m
Swedish: sv Otto
See also
en auto auto-
Anagrams
en oott Toto toto toot OTOT
Danish
Etymology
da de Otto.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male
Related terms
(surnames) da Ottosen
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 23 647 males with the given name Otto have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Estonian
Etymology
et de Otto.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male German Otto
Related terms
et Ott Udo
Faroese
Etymology
Ultimately, from fo de Otto.
Pronunciation
fo /ˈɔʰtːʊ/
fo ɔʰtːʊ
fo áttu
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male
Usage notes
m Ottosson Ottosdóttir
Declension
Otto Otto Otto Ottos
Finnish
Etymology
From fi de Otto, from names containing fi goh ōt wealth.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male
fi 1958 w:Paavo Rintala Pojat 185 Otava 2000 951-1-16668-9 —Minun nimi Otto.Otto on suomalainenkin nimi.—Jaa minä tiedä, kansainvälinen, überall Otto-nimi... —My name's Otto.Otto's a Finnish name too.—Well you know, international, überall Otto...
fi 2014 Tanja Pohjola Lintu pieni Atena 978-952-300-071-1 13 Dorotean huulet liikkuivat, kun hän toisti aviomiehensä nimen, mutta se ei saanut häntä tuntemaan mitään. Nimi niin kuin mikä tahansa. Eikö sen olisi pitänyt läikyttää häntä, saada vedet valumaan yli? Mutta Otto, miten yksinkertainen nimi. Ei tietoakaan siitä, miten paljon enemmän elämä voi olla kuin kaksi konsonanttia ja kaksi vokaalia. Dorotea's lips moved as she repeated the name of ther husband, but it couldn't make her feel anything. The name was just like anything else. Wasn't it supposed to make her spill a bit and make the waters flow over? But Otto was such a simple name. It has no whiff of how much more life can be than two consonants and two vowels.
fi 2014 w:Heikki Turunen Karjalan kuningas WSOY 978-951-0-40761-5 12 Toisen kerran äiti epäili päähänpinttymän syyksi Onnelan Viijaa, kuvanveistäjää, joka oli Impan rotinoilla nauranut ja sanonut minua, nimen kuultuaan, kuningas Otoksi, Saksaa joskus todella hallinneen sennimisen kuninkaan mukaan. The second time around mother thought the whim was due to Vilja Onnela, the sculptor, that had laughed while bringing over food was a childbirth gift and referred to me, having heard the name, as king Otto, after a real king of that name that had once ruled Germany.
O
Declension
O tt t o a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 8002 6596 87
References
Anagrams
fi oott otot toto
German
+ I, Holy Roman Emperor
Etymology
Short form of de goh - compound names beginning with the element goh ōt riches, such as goh Ottokar and goh Otmar, from de gmw-pro *aud, from de gem-pro *audaz treasure. Name of a 10th century German emperor.
Pronunciation
de /ˈɔto/
de De-Otto.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Ot to
Proper noun
de proper noun
de male Udo Oda,Odilia,Ottilie,Uta,Ute
Proper noun
surname
en Otto: de patronymics
Related terms
de Ottonen Otto Normalverbraucher
Descendants
en Otto 1
mul Ottoia
mul Ottoiidae family
cs Oto, Ota 1
da Otto 1
fo Otto 1
fi Otto 1
is Otto 1
lv Oto 1
no Otto 1
pl Otton 1
pt Otto, Oto 1
sk Oto 1
sv Otto 1
Latin
Etymology
la Otto :bor goh:Otto + 1
Pronunciation
Ōttō
Proper noun
la proper noun m genitive Ōttōnis Ōttō
la male Otto
Declension
Ōttō/Ōttōn<3>
Descendants
it Ottone 1
Norwegian
Etymology
no de Otto.
Proper noun
no male
Old High German
Alternative forms
goh Hotto Auto Ōto Outo Oato<qq:8th C. >
Etymology
From goh ōt wealth, from goh gmw-pro *aud, goh -o proper noun suffix.
Proper noun
goh proper noun m
goh Bavarian goh male 8th C.
Declension
Ott
Descendants
gmh Odo Ōto<qq:12th C.> Otho<qq:13th-14th C.> Otto
de Otto
References
la Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis Liber confraternitatum vetustior (784-11th C.) Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel Monumenta Germaniae Historica Necrologia Germaniae Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica Berolini Weidmannsche Buchhandlung Apvd Weidmannos 978-3-447-17005-5 164584042 1904 38 94 6,9 https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_necr_2/index.htm#page/8/mode/1up
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :bor de:Otto + 1 Odo,Odon,Otton
Pronunciation
Pl-Otto.ogg
Proper noun
m-pr
pl male German Otto
Declension
<m.pr.!.nom:Otto.gen:Ottona.dat:Ottonowi.acc:Ottona.ins:Ottonem.loc:Ottonie.voc:Ottonie.nompl:Ottonowie.genpl:Ottonów.datpl:Ottonom.accpl:Ottonów.inspl:Ottonami.locpl:Ottonach.vocpl:Ottonowie>
Further reading
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt male Otto Oto
Swedish
Etymology
sv de Otto.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Otto.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male