Odin

See also: Odín, Ódin, Ōdin, and Óðin

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn (whence Icelandic Óðinn, Norwegian Nynorsk Oden), akin to Old High German Wodan and Old English Wōden. From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Compare Old Norse óðr (“rage”) and Dutch woede (“rage”) and woeden (“to rage”), Irish fáidh, Latin vātēs. Doublet of Woden and Wotan. Related to English wode.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əʊdɪn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊdɪn/
• Rhymes: -əʊdɪn

Proper noun

Odin

1. (Norse mythology and paganism) A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica.
2. A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada

Synonyms

• All-Father
• Wotan
• Woden
• Odhin, Odhinn, Othinn (anglicizations, as is Odin)
• Wodan

Derived terms

• Odinism
• Odinist

Descendants

• → Chinese: 奧丁／奥丁 (Àodīng)
• → Japanese: オーディン

Translations

god in Norse mythology

• Afrikaans: Wodan (af)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 奧丁／奥丁 (ou³ ding¹)

  Mandarin: 奧丁／奥丁 (zh) (Àodīng)

• Danish: Odin
• Dutch: Wodan (nl), Odin (nl)
• Estonian: Odin
• Faroese: Óðin m
• Finnish: Odin (fi)
• French: Odin (fr)
• Georgian: ოდინი (odini)
• German: Wotan (de), Odin (de), Wüeti (Alemannic)
• Icelandic: Óðinn (is) m
• Irish: Óidin m
• Italian: Odino (it)
• Japanese: オーディン (ja) (Ōdin)
• Korean: 오딘 (ko) (odin)
• Latin: Mercurius (la) m, Vōdanus (Medieval), Ōdinus m (Medieval), Othinus m
• Latvian: Odins
• Lithuanian: Odinas
• Low German: Wode; Odin
• Marathi: ओडिन m (oḍin)
• Middle Low German: Woden, Wode
• Norwegian: Odin
• Old English: Wōden, Ōþen, Ōðon m, Ōwðen m
• Old French: Woden
• Old Frisian: Wēda
• Old High German: Wōtan, Wuotan
• Old Norse: Óðinn m
• Old Saxon: Wōdan
• Polish: Odyn
• Portuguese: Odin, Ódin
• Proto-Norse: ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ (wodan)
• Russian: О́дин (ru) m (Ódin)
• Spanish: Odín
• Swedish: Oden (sv)
• Ukrainian: Одін (Odin)
• West Frisian: Weda

Anagrams

• DINO, Dino, Dion, Indo-, NOID, dino, dino-, do in, doin, doin', indo, nido-, nodi

Danish

Etymology

Old Norse Óðinn.

Proper noun

Odin

1. (Norse mythology) Odin

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Odin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.dɛ̃/

Proper noun

Odin m

1. (Norse mythology) Odin (god)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Óðinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːdɪn/
• Hyphenation: Odin

• Audio

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Proper noun

Odin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Odins or Odin)

1. (Norse mythology) Odin

Declension

Declension of Odin [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Odin
genitive	eines	des	Odins, Odin
dative	einem	dem	Odin
accusative	einen	den	Odin

Derived terms

• Odinshühnchen

Further reading

• “Odin” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Danish Odin; learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz.

Proper noun

Odin

1. (Norse mythology) Odin.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²uː(d)ɪn, -in/

Proper noun

Odin m

1. (Midlandsnormalen, Norse mythology) alternative form of Oden (“Odin”)
   • 1900, Snorri Sturluson, translated by Steinar Schjøtt, Kongesogur, page 7:

     Odin var ein stor her-mann og var mykje vidfarin, og lagde mange rike under seg.

     Odin was a great military man, well-traveled, and conquered many kingdoms.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse Auðunn or from Óðinn.

Proper noun

Odin m

1. a male given name from Old Norse

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Ódin

Etymology

From Old Norse Óðinn.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈd͡ʒĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.din/ [ˈɔ.ðin]

Proper noun

Odin m

1. (Norse mythology) Odin (the supreme god)