Silvester
See also: silvester
English
editProper noun
editSilvester
- A surname.
- A male given name, variant of Sylvester.
Estonian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31. Borrowed from German Sylvester. Cognate with English Sylvester.
Proper noun
editSilvester
- a male given name
German
editAlternative forms
edit- Sylvester (standard for the given name only)
Pronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Pope Silvester I, whose feast-day has been the 31st of December since the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582. Compare Russian Сильвестров день (Silʹvestrov denʹ), Polish sylwester.
Noun
editSilvester n or m (strong, genitive Silvesters, plural (uncommon) Silvester)
Declension
editDeclension of Silvester [neuter // masculine, strong]
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editSilvester m (proper noun, strong, genitive Silvesters, plural Silvester or Silvesters)
- a male given name
Declension
editDeclension of Silvester [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Silvester | die | Silvester, Silvesters |
genitive | eines | des | Silvesters | der | Silvester, Silvesters |
dative | einem | dem | Silvester | den | Silvestern, Silvesters |
accusative | einen | den | Silvester | die | Silvester, Silvesters |
Luxembourgish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Silvester.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSilvester m (plural Silvesteren)
Further reading
edit- Silvester in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
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