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Irma
Irma
English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Irma
- A female given name.
- 1939 Herbert Ernest Bates, The Flying Goat, Ulverscroft Large Print Books (1995), ISBN 0708934234, page 52:
- - - - , she thanked God for Irma: thanked God that Irma's hair was rich and beautiful, that she had the aristocratic richness of a name like Irma and not the common poverty of a name like May or Flo;
- 1939 Herbert Ernest Bates, The Flying Goat, Ulverscroft Large Print Books (1995), ISBN 0708934234, page 52:
- A village in Alberta, Canada.
- A village in Lombardy, Italy.
- An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
Anagrams
Faroese
Proper noun
Irma f
- A female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Irma: Irmuson
- daughter of Irma: Irmudóttir
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Irma |
| Accusative | Irmu |
| Dative | Irmu |
| Genitive | Irmu |
Finnish
Etymology
From German Irma in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈirmɑ]
- Hyphenation: Ir‧ma
Proper noun
Irma
- A female given name.
Declension
| Inflection of Irma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Irma | Irmat | |
| genitive | Irman | Irmojen | |
| partitive | Irmaa | Irmoja | |
| illative | Irmaan | Irmoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Irma | Irmat | |
| accusative | nom. | Irma | Irmat |
| gen. | Irman | ||
| genitive | Irman | Irmojen Irmainrare |
|
| partitive | Irmaa | Irmoja | |
| inessive | Irmassa | Irmoissa | |
| elative | Irmasta | Irmoista | |
| illative | Irmaan | Irmoihin | |
| adessive | Irmalla | Irmoilla | |
| ablative | Irmalta | Irmoilta | |
| allative | Irmalle | Irmoille | |
| essive | Irmana | Irmoina | |
| translative | Irmaksi | Irmoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Irmoin | |
| abessive | Irmatta | Irmoitta | |
| comitative | — | Irmoineen | |
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Anagrams
German
Etymology
Short form of female compound given names beginning with the Germanic element irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire". Made popular through nineteenth century German fiction.
Proper noun
Irma
- A female given name.
- 1865 Berthold Auerbach, Auf der Hohe (translated as On the Heights by Simon Adler Stern):
- Die Angst gewann die Uebermacht, und wie ein Hülfeschrei aus der Tiefe rang sich von die Lippen der Königin der Ruf los: "Irma! Irma!" und Irma! Irma! tönte es wieder und wieder von den Bergen. Die weite Welt ringsum rief den Namen Irma...
- Fear gained the mastery and, with a wailing shriek for help, she cried out: "Irma! Irma!" and "Irma, Irma" was echoed again and again from the mountains. The whole world was shouting Irma's name.
- Die Angst gewann die Uebermacht, und wie ein Hülfeschrei aus der Tiefe rang sich von die Lippen der Königin der Ruf los: "Irma! Irma!" und Irma! Irma! tönte es wieder und wieder von den Bergen. Die weite Welt ringsum rief den Namen Irma...
- 1865 Berthold Auerbach, Auf der Hohe (translated as On the Heights by Simon Adler Stern):
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Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1888. From German Irma.
Proper noun
Irma f
- A female given name.
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
- Population Register of Latvia: Irma was the only given name of 803 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Swedish
Etymology
From German Irma. First recorded in Sweden in 1868.
Proper noun
Irma
- A female given name.