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Nikolai
Nikolai
English
Proper noun
Nikolai
- A city in Alaska.
- A transliteration of the Russian male given name Николай (Nikolaj, “Nicholas”).
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈneɡ̊olaɪ̯]
Proper noun
Nikolai
- A male given name, variant spelling of Nicolai.
Finnish
Etymology
From Russian Никола́й (Nikoláj). Cognate to English Nicholas, and to Finnish Niilo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnikolɑi/
- Hyphenation: Ni‧ko‧lai
Proper noun
Nikolai
- A male given name.
Declension
| Inflection of Nikolai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Nikolai | Nikolait | |
| genitive | Nikolain | Nikolaiden Nikolaitten |
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| partitive | Nikolaita | Nikolaita | |
| illative | Nikolaihin | Nikolaihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Nikolai | Nikolait | |
| accusative | nom. | Nikolai | Nikolait |
| gen. | Nikolain | ||
| genitive | Nikolain | Nikolaiden Nikolaitten |
|
| partitive | Nikolaita | Nikolaita | |
| inessive | Nikolaissa | Nikolaissa | |
| elative | Nikolaista | Nikolaista | |
| illative | Nikolaihin | Nikolaihin | |
| adessive | Nikolailla | Nikolailla | |
| ablative | Nikolailta | Nikolailta | |
| allative | Nikolaille | Nikolaille | |
| essive | Nikolaina | Nikolaina | |
| translative | Nikolaiksi | Nikolaiksi | |
| instructive | — | Nikolain | |
| abessive | Nikolaitta | Nikolaitta | |
| comitative | — | Nikolaineen | |
Usage notes
- Used for czars of Russia. Popular as a middle name of Finns around 1900.
Norwegian
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Nikolai
- A male given name, cognate to Nicholas, from the Latin genitive of Nicolaus.