Jakob

Jakob

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Jacob.
2. A surname

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Jakob

1. Jacob (biblical character).
2. James (biblical character).
3. a male given name, also spelled Jacob

• (male given names) Ib, Jeppe, Jack, Jim, Jimmi, Jimmy
• (surnames) Jacobsen, Jakobsen

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 22 417 males with the given name Jakob (compared to 25 930 named Jacob) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaː.kɔp/

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧kob

Jakob m

1. (biblical) Jacob (Old Testament figure)
2. a male given name, variant of Jacob

• Jakob on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Jakob

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob or James

• Jaagup, Jaak, Jaakob, Jaakobus, Kaupo

• Jacob

From Middle High German Jācob, borrowed from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב. Doublet of Jakobus, which comes directly from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaːkɔp/

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧kob

Jakob m (proper noun, strong, genitive Jakobs)

1. (biblical) Jacob (Old Testament personality)
2. (chiefly outside of Bible translation) alternative form of Jakobus (“James”, New Testament personality)
3. a male given name

• See Jakobus for notes on biblical and common usage.

• Jakobsmuschel f
• Jockel

• (pet forms) Jakobchen, Köb, Köbes, Koeeb, Jäggi, Joggi
• (feminine forms) Jacqueline, Jaqueline

• Yaakop (Wiesemann spelling)

From Middle High German Jācob, borrowed from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב. Doublet of Schakoh, through Portuguese.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaːkop/
• Rhymes: -aːkop
• Syllabification: Ja‧kob

Jakob m

1. (biblical) Jacob (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca)
   • 2022 November, Naye Testamënt Tswaayxproochich [Bilingual New Testament], Barueri: Sociedade Bíblica do Brasil, →ISBN, Mateus 1:2:

     Aapraham waar fater fon Iisak, Iisak waar fater fon Yaakop, un Yaakop waar fater fon Yutaa un tëm sayn priiter.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Jakob”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 85, column 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaːkʰɔ(ː)p/

Jakob m (proper noun, genitive singular Jakobs)

1. Jacob (biblical character)
2. James (biblical character)
3. a male given name

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑːkɔp/, /ˈjɑːkup/

Jakob

1. Jacob (biblical character)
2. James (biblical character)
3. a male given name, also spelled Jacob

• Jim

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Jakob c (genitive Jakobs)

1. Jacob (biblical character)
2. James (biblical character)
3. a male given name, also spelled Jacob

• Jacke (nickname)