Oskar
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈoskar]
Proper noun
Oskar m anim
- a male given name, equivalent to English Oscar
Declension
Declension of Oskar (hard masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Oskar | Oskarové |
| genitive | Oskara | Oskarů |
| dative | Oskarovi, Oskaru | Oskarům |
| accusative | Oskara | Oskary |
| vocative | Oskare | Oskarové |
| locative | Oskarovi, Oskaru | Oskarech |
| instrumental | Oskarem | Oskary |
Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
Proper noun
Oskar
- a male given name
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish Oskar, from English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
Proper noun
Oskar
- a male given name from Swedish, equivalent to English Oscar
Faroese
Etymology
From English Oscar, in turn from Middle Irish Oscar or Old English Ōscār, Ōsgār. In the latter case, it is a doublet of Ásgeir
Proper noun
Oskar m
- a male given name
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Oskar: Oskarsson
- daughter of Oskar: Oskarsdóttir
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Oskar |
| accusative | Oskar |
| dative | Oskari |
| genitive | Oskars |
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of Oskari.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoskɑr/, [ˈo̞s̠kɑ̝r]
- Rhymes: -oskɑr
- Syllabification(key): Os‧kar
- Hyphenation(key): Os‧kar
Proper noun
Oskar
- a male given name
Declension
| Inflection of Oskar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Oskar | Oskarit | |
| genitive | Oskarin | Oskarien | |
| partitive | Oskaria | Oskareja | |
| illative | Oskariin | Oskareihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Oskar | Oskarit | |
| accusative | nom. | Oskar | Oskarit |
| gen. | Oskarin | ||
| genitive | Oskarin | Oskarien | |
| partitive | Oskaria | Oskareja | |
| inessive | Oskarissa | Oskareissa | |
| elative | Oskarista | Oskareista | |
| illative | Oskariin | Oskareihin | |
| adessive | Oskarilla | Oskareilla | |
| ablative | Oskarilta | Oskareilta | |
| allative | Oskarille | Oskareille | |
| essive | Oskarina | Oskareina | |
| translative | Oskariksi | Oskareiksi | |
| abessive | Oskaritta | Oskareitta | |
| instructive | — | Oskarein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Statistics
- Oskar is the 238th (tied with 1 other name) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,188 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,114 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔskaʁ/
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Os‧kar
Proper noun
Oskar
- a male given name
Derived terms
Norwegian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
Proper noun
Oskar
- a male given name
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔs.kar/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔskar
- Syllabification: Os‧kar
Proper noun
Oskar m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Oscar
Declension
Declension of Oskar
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Oskar | Oskarowie |
| genitive | Oskara | Oskarów |
| dative | Oskarowi | Oskarom |
| accusative | Oskara | Oskarów |
| instrumental | Oskarem | Oskarami |
| locative | Oskarze | Oskarach |
| vocative | Oskarze | Oskarowie |
Further reading
- Oskar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹ɔskar/
Proper noun
Oskar c (genitive Oskars)
- a male given name
Usage notes
- Became very fashionable in 19th century, as the name (Oscar) of two kings of Sweden.
- Returned to favor in the 1980s. Oskar or Oscar (the slightly more common spelling today) is the most common first name of boys born in Sweden in the 2000s decade.
References
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 43 180 males with the given name Oskar (compared to 30 402 named Oscar) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade and in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.