Josef
See also: Jósef
Albanian edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin Iōsēphus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוֹסֵף (“(God) shall add”). Doublet of Albanian Jozef (“Joseph”).
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Josef m (definite Josefi)
- Joseph, son of Jacob (Biblical character)
- Joseph, father of Jesus of Nazareth (Biblical character)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph
- christian equivalent of muslim name Jusuf (“Joseph”)
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Declension of Josef
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Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf, literally “(God) shall add”).
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Josef m anim
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
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Danish edit
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Josef
- (biblical) Joseph.
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
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German edit
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Etymology edit
Latin Josephus and/or Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph)
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Josef m (proper noun, strong, genitive Josefs)
- (biblical) Joseph
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
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Norwegian edit
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Josef
- (biblical) Joseph.
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
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- feminine forms: Josefine
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Josef c (genitive Josefs)
- (biblical) Joseph.
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
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Tagalog edit
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Joséf (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜐᜒᜉ᜔)
- a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph
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Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English Ioseph.
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Josef
- a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph
- 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 1-2:
- Adh Sankt Josef's die, adh a patroon o' Kilmoor, Jameen Qougeely was ee-pealthe.
- At St. Joseph's-day, at the patron of Kilmore, James Cagley was beaten.
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- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 49