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Alf
Alf
Danish
Etymology
Old Norse Alfr, alfr (“elf”), with an identical meaning in modern Danish. Also a medieval contraction of Adolf, and later used as a pet form of Alfred.
Proper noun
Alf
- A male given name.
Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse Alfr. Also a contraction of Adolf.
Proper noun
Alf
- A male given name.
Related terms
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 8 803 males with the given name Alf living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
alf
alf
Danish
Noun
alf c (singular definite alfen, plural indefinite alfer)
Declension
Inflection of alf
Derived terms
- alfedans c
- alfedronning c
- alfelet
- alfepige c
- lysalf c
- svartalf c
References
- “alf” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch alf, from Old Dutch *alf, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. Doublet with Dutch elf (“elf”), a modern borrowing from English.
Noun
alf m (plural alven, diminutive alfje n, feminine alve)
- a type of mythological spirit; an elf
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.
Noun
alf m
Declension
Declension of alf
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alf | alvōs |
| accusative | alf | alvōs |
| genitive | alves | alvō |
| dative | alve | alvum |
| instrumental | — | — |
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.
Noun
alf c
Declension
| Inflection of alf | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | alf | alfen | alfer | alferna |
| Genitive | alfs | alfens | alfers | alfernas |
Usage notes
- The word alf (alfven, alfver) turned into alv (alven, alver) in the 1906 spelling reform. Somehow, the old form also lives on, but now with different inflected forms.