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Per

See also: Appendix:Variations of "per"

Breton

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Etymology

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From Latin Petrus.

Proper noun

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Per

  1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Peter

Inflection

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  Mutation of Per  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular Per Ber Fer unchanged
plural P{{{3}}} B{{{3}}} F{{{3}}} unchanged

Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin Petrus. First recorded in Denmark ca. 1350.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Per

  1. a male given name from Latin
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References

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  • [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 41 939 males with the given name Per have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 9th, 2011.

Faroese

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Proper noun

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Per m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

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Patronymics

  • son of Per: Persson
  • daughter of Per: Persdóttir

Declension

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Per
Accusative Per
Dative Peri
Genitive Pers

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Per in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Proper noun

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Per m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pers, plural Pere or (colloquial) Pers)

  1. a male given name

Declension

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Declension of Per [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Per die Pere, Pers1
genitive eines des Pers der Pere, Pers1
dative einem dem Per den Peren, Pers1
accusative einen den Per die Pere, Pers1

1Colloquial.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin Petrus. First recorded in Norway ca. 1440.

Proper noun

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Per

  1. a male given name from Latin

Usage notes

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  • Traditionally popular in Norway. Also a common first part of conjoined names such as Per-Olav or Per-Erik.
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References

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  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 40 795 males with the given name Per living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • Peer (alternative spelling)
  • Pe (dialectal, Sunnmøre)

Etymology

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From Middle Norwegian Péðr, from Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus (“Peter”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Per m

  1. a male given name from Latin

Usage notes

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Patronymics:

Derived terms

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  • persok (“Feast of Saint Peter”)
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References

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  1. ^ Olai Skulerud (1938) Tinnsmaalet, page 478
  • “Peter” in Ivar Aasen (1878) Norsk Navnebog, eller Samling af Mandsnavne og Kvindenavne‎[3] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 90
  • Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
  • [4] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 37 623 males with the given name Per living in Norway on January 1st 2022, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on October 31th, 2022.

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin Petrus. First recorded in Sweden in 1428.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Per c (genitive Pers)

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

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  • Traditionally popular in Sweden. Also a common first part of conjoined names such as Per-Olof or Per-Åke.
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See also

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References

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [5] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 168 066 males with the given Per name living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 9th, 2011.

Anagrams

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