Otto
English
Etymology
From German Otto, short form of compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) (cognate of English Ed- in Edgar, Edmund, Edward, etc.).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑtoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒtəʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ
Proper noun
Otto
- A male given name.
Translations
male given name
Descendants
- Translingual: Ottoia
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Otto
- A male given name.
Related terms
- (surnames) Ottosen
References
- Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 23 647 males with the given name Otto have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Estonian
Etymology
Proper noun
Otto
- A male given name.
Related terms
Faroese
Etymology
Proper noun
Otto m
- A male given name.
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Otto: Ottosson
- daughter of Otto: Ottosdóttir
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Otto |
| Accusative | Otto |
| Dative | Otto |
| Genitive | Ottos |
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈotːo/
- Hyphenation: Ot‧to
Proper noun
Otto
- A male given name.
- 1958 Paavo Rintala, Pojat, Otava (2000), →ISBN, page 185:
- —Minun nimi Otto.
- —Otto on suomalainenkin nimi.
- —Jaa minä tiedä, kansainvälinen, überall Otto-nimi...
- 2014 Tanja Pohjola, Lintu pieni, Atena, →ISBN, page 13:
- Dorotean huulet liikkuivat, kun hän toisti aviomiehensä nimen, mutta se ei saanut häntä tuntemeen mitään. Nimi niin kuin mikä tahansa. Eikö sen olisi pitänyt läikyttää häntä, saada vedet valumaan yli? Mutta Otto, miten yksinkertainen nimi. Ei tietoakaan siitä, miten paljon enemmän elämä voi olla kuin kaksi konsonanttia ja kaksi vokaalia.
- 2014 Heikki Turunen, Karjalan kuningas, WSOY, →ISBN, page 12:
- Toisen kerran äiti epäili päähänpinttymän syyksi Onnelan Viijaa, kuvanveistäjää, joka oli Impan rotinoilla nauranut ja sanonut minua, nimen kuultuaan, kuningas Otoksi, Saksaa joskus todella hallinneen sennimisen kuninkaan mukaan.
- 1958 Paavo Rintala, Pojat, Otava (2000), →ISBN, page 185:
- The letter "O" in the Finnish tavausaakkoset, a spelling system similar to ICAO spelling alphabet.
Declension
| Inflection of Otto (Kotus type 1/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Otto | Otot | |
| genitive | Oton | Ottojen | |
| partitive | Ottoa | Ottoja | |
| illative | Ottoon | Ottoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Otto | Otot | |
| accusative | nom. | Otto | Otot |
| gen. | Oton | ||
| genitive | Oton | Ottojen | |
| partitive | Ottoa | Ottoja | |
| inessive | Otossa | Otoissa | |
| elative | Otosta | Otoista | |
| illative | Ottoon | Ottoihin | |
| adessive | Otolla | Otoilla | |
| ablative | Otolta | Otoilta | |
| allative | Otolle | Otoille | |
| essive | Ottona | Ottoina | |
| translative | Otoksi | Otoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Otoin | |
| abessive | Ototta | Otoitta | |
| comitative | — | Ottoineen | |
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Short form of Old High German compound names beginning with the element ōt (“riches”), such as Ottokar and Otmar. Name of a 10th century German emperor.
Proper noun
Otto
- A male given name.
- A patronymic surname.
Related terms
- Ottonen
- (male given names) Udo
- (female given names) Oda, Odilia, Ottilie, Uta, Ute
- Otto Normalverbraucher
Norwegian
Etymology
Proper noun
Otto
- A male given name.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Otto m
- A male given name, equivalent to English Otto; variant of Oto
Swedish
Etymology
Proper noun
Otto c (genitive Ottos)
- A male given name.
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