Oskar
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Oskar m anim
- a male given name, equivalent to English Oscar
Declension edit
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Danish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
Proper noun edit
Oskar
- a male given name
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish Oskar, from English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
Proper noun edit
Oskar
- a male given name from Swedish, equivalent to English Oscar
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From English Oscar, in turn from Middle Irish Oscar or Old English Ōscār, Ōsgār. In the latter case, it is a doublet of Ásgeir
Proper noun edit
Oskar m
- a male given name
Usage notes edit
Patronymics
- son of Oskar: Oskarsson
- daughter of Oskar: Oskarsdóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Oskar |
Accusative | Oskar |
Dative | Oskari |
Genitive | Oskars |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Oskari.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Oskar
- a male given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Oskar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Oskar | Oskarit | ||
genitive | Oskarin | Oskarien | ||
partitive | Oskaria | Oskareja | ||
illative | Oskariin | Oskareihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Oskar | Oskarit | ||
accusative | nom. | Oskar | Oskarit | |
gen. | Oskarin | |||
genitive | Oskarin | Oskarien | ||
partitive | Oskaria | Oskareja | ||
inessive | Oskarissa | Oskareissa | ||
elative | Oskarista | Oskareista | ||
illative | Oskariin | Oskareihin | ||
adessive | Oskarilla | Oskareilla | ||
ablative | Oskarilta | Oskareilta | ||
allative | Oskarille | Oskareille | ||
essive | Oskarina | Oskareina | ||
translative | Oskariksi | Oskareiksi | ||
abessive | Oskaritta | Oskareitta | ||
instructive | — | Oskarein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Oskar is the 238th (tied with 1 other name) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,188 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,114 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Oskar
- a male given name
Norwegian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
Proper noun edit
Oskar
- a male given name
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Oskar m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Oscar
Declension edit
Declension of Oskar
Further reading edit
- Oskar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Oskar c (genitive Oskars)
- a male given name
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.