Betlehem
See also: betlehem
Danish
Proper noun
Betlehem
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbe(ː)tlehem/, [ˈbe̞(ː)t̪l̪e̞ɦe̞m]
- Rhymes: -etlehem
- Syllabification(key): Bet‧le‧hem
- Hyphenation(key): Bet‧le‧hem
Proper noun
Betlehem
Declension
| Inflection of Betlehem (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Betlehem | — | |
| genitive | Betlehemin | — | |
| partitive | Betlehemiä | — | |
| illative | Betlehemiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Betlehem | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Betlehem | — |
| gen. | Betlehemin | ||
| genitive | Betlehemin | — | |
| partitive | Betlehemiä | — | |
| inessive | Betlehemissä | — | |
| elative | Betlehemistä | — | |
| illative | Betlehemiin | — | |
| adessive | Betlehemillä | — | |
| ablative | Betlehemiltä | — | |
| allative | Betlehemille | — | |
| essive | Betleheminä | — | |
| translative | Betlehemiksi | — | |
| abessive | Betlehemittä | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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German
Proper noun
Betlehem n (proper noun, strong, genitive Betlehems)
- alternative spelling of Bethlehem
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛtlɛhɛm]
- Hyphenation: Bet‧le‧hem
- Rhymes: -ɛm
Proper noun
Betlehem
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Betlehem | — |
| accusative | Betlehemet | — |
| dative | Betlehemnek | — |
| instrumental | Betlehemmel | — |
| causal-final | Betlehemért | — |
| translative | Betlehemmé | — |
| terminative | Betlehemig | — |
| essive-formal | Betlehemként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Betlehemben | — |
| superessive | Betlehemen | — |
| adessive | Betlehemnél | — |
| illative | Betlehembe | — |
| sublative | Betlehemre | — |
| allative | Betlehemhez | — |
| elative | Betlehemből | — |
| delative | Betlehemről | — |
| ablative | Betlehemtől | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Betlehemé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Betleheméi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Betlehemem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Betlehemed | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Betleheme | — |
| 1st person plural | Betlehemünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Betlehemetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | Betlehemük | — |
Derived terms
- betlehem
- betlehemi
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch Bethlehem, from Latin Bēthlehēmum, Bēthleëm, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bet léchem, “house of bread”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bɛˈtlehɛm/ [bɛˈt̪le.hɛm]
- Rhymes: -ehɛm
- Syllabification: Be‧tle‧hem
Proper noun
Bètléhèm
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English Bethlehem or Dutch Bethlehem, both from Latin Bēthlehēmum or Bēthleëm, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bet léchem, “house of bread”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /betˈlehem/ [bet̪̚ˈle.hem]
- Hyphenation: Bet‧le‧hem
Noun
Bétléhém
- (usually in Christianity) Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)
- Synonym: Baitullaham
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeːtləˌhɛm/, /ˈbeːtlɛm/
Proper noun
Betlehem
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
Bètlehem m inan (Cyrillic spelling Бѐтлехем)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbetʎeɦem]
Proper noun
Betlehem m inan (genitive singular Betlehema, declension pattern of dub)
References
- “Betlehem”, 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, 2003–2025
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /béːtlɛxɛm/
Proper noun
Bẹ̑tlehem m inan
Declension
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Bétlehem | |
| genitive | Bétlehema | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Bétlehem | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Bétlehema | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Bétlehemu | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Bétlehem | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Bétlehemu | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Bétlehemom | |
Related terms
- Betlehemčan / Betlehemčanka
- betlehemski
Swedish
Proper noun
Betlehem n (genitive Betlehems)