Anton
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Anton and from other northern European languages. Doublet of Anthony.
Proper noun edit
Anton (countable and uncountable, plural Antons)
- A male given name from Latin.
- 2011, Sophie Hannah, Lasting Damage, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 78:
- 'As far as I'm concerned, he's Benjamin Rigby,' said Kit, after the first time we met him. 'He seems like a decent baby and he deserves a decent name. Not that his father's got one, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.' Kit thinks it's only acceptable to 'go around calling yourself Anton', as he puts it, if you're Spanish, Mexican or Colombian, or if you're a hairdresser or a professional ice-skater.
- A transliteration of the Russian male given name Анто́н (Antón).
- A place in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Colorado.
- A city in Hockley County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin.
- A river in Hampshire, England, a tributary of the River Test.
- A village and municipality in Sofia province, Bulgaria.
Anagrams edit
Basque edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Anton anim
- a male given name, equivalent to English Anthony or Spanish Antonio
Declension edit
indefinite | |
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absolutive | Anton |
ergative | Antonek |
dative | Antoni |
genitive | Antonen |
comitative | Antonekin |
causative | Antonengatik |
benefactive | Antonentzat |
instrumental | Antonez |
inessive | Antonengan |
locative | — |
allative | Antonengana |
terminative | Antonenganaino |
directive | Antonenganantz |
destinative | Antonenganako |
ablative | Antonengandik |
partitive | Antonik |
prolative | Antontzat |
References edit
- “Anton” in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], euskaltzaindia.eus
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Short form of Antoni.
Proper noun edit
Anton m
- a male given name
Cornish edit
Proper noun edit
Anton
- Antony, A village and civil parish in east Cornwall, England
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.
Proper noun edit
Anton
- a male given name
Related terms edit
- pet forms: Tonny, Tony, Tonni
- female forms: Antonie, Antoinette
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Anton m
- a male given name
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.
Proper noun edit
Anton
- a male given name
Related terms edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Anton m
- a male given name
Usage notes edit
Patronymics
- son of Anton: Antonsson
- daughter of Anton: Antonsdóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Anton |
Accusative | Anton |
Dative | Antoni |
Genitive | Antons |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Antonius. Cognate with English Anthony.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Anton
- a male given name
- 1986, Vuokko Tolonen, Lastenhuone, Otava, →ISBN, page 19:
- —Pojan! Hoitaja nostaa päänsä paperista, närkästyneenä tai hölmistyneenä. Tästä ei tällä menolla tule ikinä mitään.
—Anton.
Jos se on ihme ja poika, niin olkoon Tšehovin kunniaksi ja Jorman mieliksi.
—Yhdellä vai kahdella teellä?
Me emme ymmärrä toisiamme. En haluaisi jättää mahaani hänen armoilleen.- —A boy! The nurse looks back up from the paper, either offended or stupefied. This will go nowhere at this rate.
—Anton.
If it's a boy by some miracle, let him be in honor of Chekhov and to please Jorma.
—One or two Ts?
We don't understand each other. I wouldn't want to entrust my belly to this nurse.
- —A boy! The nurse looks back up from the paper, either offended or stupefied. This will go nowhere at this rate.
Declension edit
Inflection of Anton (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Anton | Antonit | ||
genitive | Antonin | Antonien | ||
partitive | Antonia | Antoneja | ||
illative | Antoniin | Antoneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Anton | Antonit | ||
accusative | nom. | Anton | Antonit | |
gen. | Antonin | |||
genitive | Antonin | Antonien | ||
partitive | Antonia | Antoneja | ||
inessive | Antonissa | Antoneissa | ||
elative | Antonista | Antoneista | ||
illative | Antoniin | Antoneihin | ||
adessive | Antonilla | Antoneilla | ||
ablative | Antonilta | Antoneilta | ||
allative | Antonille | Antoneille | ||
essive | Antonina | Antoneina | ||
translative | Antoniksi | Antoneiksi | ||
abessive | Antonitta | Antoneitta | ||
instructive | — | Antonein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Proper noun edit
Anton
Statistics edit
- Anton is the 103rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 6,442 male individuals (and as a middle name to 7,591 more), and also belongs to 7 female individuals (and as a middle name to 9 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Antōnius. Cognate to English Anthony.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Anton m (proper noun, strong, genitive Antons or (with an article) Anton, feminine Antonia)
- a male given name
Symbol edit
Anton
- The letter A in the German spelling alphabet.
Icelandic edit
Proper noun edit
Anton m
- a male given name
Declension edit
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.
Proper noun edit
Anton
- a male given name
Related terms edit
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- Антон (Anton) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Anton m (genitive/dative lui Anton)
- a surname
- a male given name, variant of Antoniu
References edit
- Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names][1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Anton m anim (genitive singular Antona, nominative plural Antonovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Anton”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Antọ̑n m anim
- a male given name
Inflection edit
Masculine anim., hard o-stem | ||
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nominative | Antón | |
genitive | Antóna | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Antón | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Antóna | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
Antónu | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Antóna | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Antónu | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Antónom |
Related terms edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Antonius. First recorded in Sweden in 1623. Cognate with English Anthony.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Anton c (genitive Antons)
- a male given name
Related terms edit
References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 33 431 males with the given name Anton living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.