Albert

See also: Albèrt

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Aþalaberhtaz, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), through Old English Æþelbeorht. It became popular in 19th century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.bɚt/

Proper noun

Albert (plural Alberts)

  1. A male given name..
    • 1862 Alfred Tennyson, The Idylls of the King: Dedication:
      Thou noble Father of her Kings to be - - - / Dear to thy land and ours, a Prince indeed, / Beyond all titles, and a household name, / Hereafter, thro' all times, Albert the Good.
    • 1956 Eddie Condon, Thomas Sugrue: We Called it Music: A Generation of Jazz. Peter Davies 1956. page 40:
      Helena was not flattered. "Albert just doesn't appreciate music," she said. They all called me Albert then. I thought it was a fine name; I like elegance.
    • 2000 Anne Enright, What Are You Like?, Random House (2001), →ISBN, page 85:
      Hogan, Byrne, O'Brien. She stopped at one name. Albert Delahunty — what Catholic in their right mind would call a child Albert?
  2. A surname​.
  3. A constituency in Belize
  4. A city in Kansas
  5. A rural municipality in Manitoba
  6. A town in New South Wales
  7. A ghost town in Texas

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Proper noun

Albert m

  1. Albert

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Albert, from Old English Æþelbeorht, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Aþalaberhtaz.

Proper noun

Albert

  1. a male given name.

Derived terms

Czech

Proper noun

Albert m

  1. A male given name., cognate to Albert.

Danish

Proper noun

Albert

  1. A male given name., cognate to Albert.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Albert m

  1. A male given name., cognate to English Albert.

Estonian

Proper noun

Albert

  1. A male given name., cognate to the English Albert.

Faroese

Proper noun

Albert m

  1. A male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Albert: Albertsson
  • daughter of Albert: Albertsdóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Albert
Accusative Albert
Dative Alberti
Genitive Alberts

Finnish

Proper noun

Albert

  1. A male given name..

Usage notes

  • Mainly used of foreigners, or as a middle name.

Declension

Inflection of Albert (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Albert Albertit
genitive Albertin Albertien
partitive Albertia Alberteja
illative Albertiin Alberteihin
singular plural
nominative Albert Albertit
accusative nom. Albert Albertit
gen. Albertin
genitive Albertin Albertien
partitive Albertia Alberteja
inessive Albertissa Alberteissa
elative Albertista Alberteista
illative Albertiin Alberteihin
adessive Albertilla Alberteilla
ablative Albertilta Alberteilta
allative Albertille Alberteille
essive Albertina Alberteina
translative Albertiksi Alberteiksi
instructive — Albertein
abessive Albertitta Alberteitta
comitative — Alberteineen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.bɛʁ/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Albert

  1. A male given name., cognate to Albert.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Contraction of Adalbert, from Old High German adal (“noble”) + beraht (“bright”).

Proper noun

Albert m (genitive Alberts)

  1. A male given name..

Descendants

Transliterations
  • Japanese: アルベルト (Aruberuto)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlbɛrt]
  • Hyphenation: Al‧bert

Proper noun

Albert

  1. A male given name..

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Albert Albertek
accusative Albertet Alberteket
dative Albertnek Alberteknek
instrumental Alberttel Albertekkel
causal-final Albertért Albertekért
translative Albertté Albertekké
terminative Albertig Albertekig
essive-formal Albertként Albertekként
essive-modal — —
inessive Albertben Albertekben
superessive Alberten Alberteken
adessive Albertnél Alberteknél
illative Albertbe Albertekbe
sublative Albertre Albertekre
allative Alberthez Albertekhez
elative Albertből Albertekből
delative Albertről Albertekről
ablative Alberttől Albertektől
Possessive forms of Albert
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Albertem Albertjeim
2nd person sing. Alberted Albertjeid
3rd person sing. Albertje Albertjei
1st person plural Albertünk Albertjeink
2nd person plural Albertetek Albertjeitek
3rd person plural Albertjük Albertjeik

Norwegian

Proper noun

Albert

  1. A male given name., cognate to Albert.

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɫbɛrt/

Proper noun

Albert m (genitive Alberta, nominative plural Albertovia) declension pattern chlap

  1. A male given name..

Declension

Further reading

  • Albert in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Etymology

First recorded in Sweden in 1283. Cognate with German and English Albert.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alːbært/
  • Rhymes: -ært

Proper noun

Albert c (genitive Alberts)

  1. A male given name..
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