Vilhelm
Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Vilhelm
- a male given name, equivalent to English William
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Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Vilhelm m
- a male given name
Usage notes edit
Patronymics
- son of Vilhelm: Vilhelmsson
- daughter of Vilhelm: Vilhelmsdóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Vilhelm |
Accusative | Vilhelm |
Dative | Vilhelmi |
Genitive | Vilhelms |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vilhelm
- William (of foreign historical persons)
- Vilhelm Valloittaja ― William the Conqueror
- a male given name, usually a middle name (arguably Swedish, not Finnish)
- 1960, Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla 2, WSOY, published 1980, →ISBN, page 14:
- Johannes Vilhelmin pojanpojasta oli tehty Vilho Johannes, ja pienokainen nukkui rauhallisena puheensorinan ja tupakansavun täyttämän tuvan nurkassa olevassa kehdossaan.
- The grandson of Johannes Vilhelm had been christened Vilho Johannes, and the little one slept calmly in his cradle, in the corner of the living room filled by chatter and cigarette smoke.
Declension edit
Inflection of Vilhelm (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Vilhelm | Vilhelmit | ||
genitive | Vilhelmin | Vilhelmien | ||
partitive | Vilhelmiä | Vilhelmejä | ||
illative | Vilhelmiin | Vilhelmeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Vilhelm | Vilhelmit | ||
accusative | nom. | Vilhelm | Vilhelmit | |
gen. | Vilhelmin | |||
genitive | Vilhelmin | Vilhelmien | ||
partitive | Vilhelmiä | Vilhelmejä | ||
inessive | Vilhelmissä | Vilhelmeissä | ||
elative | Vilhelmistä | Vilhelmeistä | ||
illative | Vilhelmiin | Vilhelmeihin | ||
adessive | Vilhelmillä | Vilhelmeillä | ||
ablative | Vilhelmiltä | Vilhelmeiltä | ||
allative | Vilhelmille | Vilhelmeille | ||
essive | Vilhelminä | Vilhelmeinä | ||
translative | Vilhelmiksi | Vilhelmeiksi | ||
abessive | Vilhelmittä | Vilhelmeittä | ||
instructive | — | Vilhelmein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics edit
- Vilhelm is the 753rd (tied with 2 other names) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 182 male individuals (and as a middle name to 7,045 more, making it overwhelmingly more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Norwegian edit
Proper noun edit
Vilhelm
- a male given name, equivalent to English William
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Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Of Germanic origin, cognate with German Wilhelm and English William. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in the 12th century.
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Vilhelm c (genitive Vilhelms)
- a male given name
Related terms edit
- (male given names) Bill, Billy,Villy,Willy, William
- (feminine forms) Mimmi, Vilhelmina, Wilhelmina, Vilma, Wilma
- (surnames) Vilhelmsson, Wilhelmsson
References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 23 532 males with the given name vilhelm (compared to 21 343 named Wilhelm) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.