Ferdinand

English

Etymology

From Spanish Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (journey) + *nanþaz (daring) (from the root of *ninþaną (to be daring)).

The moon is named after a character in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɝdn̩.ænd/, /ˈfɝdən-/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɜːdɪnænd/, /-nənd/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Fer‧di‧nand

Proper noun

Ferdinand

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, best known for a 13th century king of Spain, but seldom popular in English.
  2. (astronomy) A moon of Uranus.

Translations

Czech

Proper noun

Ferdinand m anim

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Danish

Proper noun

Ferdinand

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Faroese

Proper noun

Ferdinand m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Usage notes

  • son of Ferdinand: Ferdinandsson
  • daughter of Ferdinand: Ferdinandsdóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Ferdinand
Accusative Ferdinand
Dative Ferdinandi
Genitive Ferdinands

German

Etymology

From Spanish Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (journey) + *nanþaz (daring) (from the root of *ninþaną (to be daring)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛʁdinant/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Ferdinand m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ferdinands)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Norwegian

Proper noun

Ferdinand

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from German Ferdinand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛrdinand/

Proper noun

Ferdinand m anim (genitive singular Ferdinanda, nominative plural Ferdinandovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Declension

Derived terms

  • Ferdiš, Ferdiško
  • Ferdo, Ferdko
  • Nando, Nandko

Further reading

  • Ferdinand”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Proper noun

Ferdinand c (genitive Ferdinands)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Turkish

Proper noun

Ferdinand

  1. (astronomy) Ferdinand
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