Hedwig

English

Etymology

From German Hedwig, from Old High German Haduwig, Hadwig, from Proto-Germanic *Haþuwīgą (from *haþuz (“fight”) +‎ *wīgą (“battle”)).

Proper noun

Hedwig

1. A female given name from German

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: هدويغ (German form)
• Catalan: Eduvigis
• Czech: Hedvika (cs) f
• Danish: Hedvig
• Dutch: Hadewig (nl)
• Faroese: Heiðvík f
• Finnish: Heta (fi)
• French: Havoise f, Edwige (fr) f
• Galician: Eduvixes
• Georgian: ჰედვიგი (hedvigi)
• German: Hedwig (de) f
• Hungarian: Hedvig (hu)
• Icelandic: Heiðveig (is)
• Italian: Edvige (it) f
• Latin: Hedvigis
• Latvian: Jadviga f
• Lithuanian: Jadvyga
• Norwegian: Hedvig (no)
• Old High German: Hadwig f
• Polish: Jadwiga (pl) f
• Portuguese: Edwiges
• Russian: Ядвига (ru) f (Jadviga)
• Slovak: Hedviga
• Slovene: Hedvika f
• Spanish: Eduvigis (es), Eduviges (es) f, Heduvigis f, Heduviges f
• Swedish: Hedvig (sv)
• Ukrainian: Ядвіґа (Jadviga)

Anagrams

• weigh'd

German

Etymology

From Old High German Haduwig, Hadwig, from Proto-Germanic *Haþuwīgą, from *haþuz (“fight”) + *wīgą (“battle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːtvɪç/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Hedwig f (proper noun, genitive Hedwigs or Hedwig, plural Hedwigs)

1. a female given name from Proto-Germanic, borne by a 12th/13th century Silesian saint

Declension

Declension of Hedwig [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hedwig	die	Hedwigs
genitive	einer	der	Hedwigs, Hedwig	der	Hedwigs
dative	einer	der	Hedwig	den	Hedwigs
accusative	eine	die	Hedwig	die	Hedwigs

Descendants

• → English: Hedwig
• → French: Edwige
• → Polish: Jadwiga
• → Slovak: Hedviga