Elsa
See also: elsa
English
Etymology
German Elsa, contraction of Elisabeth, occasionally used in English after its appearance in Wagner's opera Lohengrin (1847).
Proper noun
Elsa
- A female given name from German or Hebrew.
- 1988, Barbara Vine, The House of Stairs, Onyx, published 1990, →ISBN, page 35:
- A friend that I envied — it was the same friend who had benefited from admiring Cosette's jewelry, a girl whose name was Elsa and whom naturally we called Lioness —
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Anagrams
- ASLE, Ales, ELAS, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, seal, sela
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛlza]
- Hyphenation: El‧sa
Proper noun
Elsa f
- a female given name
Declension
Declension of Elsa
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Elsa | Elsy |
genitive | Elsy | Els |
dative | Else | Elsám |
accusative | Elsu | Elsy |
vocative | Elso | Elsy |
locative | Else | Elsách |
instrumental | Elsou | Elsami |
Derived terms
- Elsin
Further reading
- Elsa in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Elsa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Anagrams
- lesy
- sely
Faroese
Proper noun
Elsa f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Elsa: Elsuson
- daughter of Elsa: Elsudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Elsa |
Accusative | Elsu |
Dative | Elsu |
Genitive | Elsu |
Finnish
Etymology
From German and Swedish Elsa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈelsɑ/, [ˈe̞ls̠ɑ]
- Rhymes: -elsɑ
- Syllabification(key): El‧sa
Proper noun
Elsa
- a female given name
- 1894, Teuvo Pakkala, Elsa, SKS, published 1995, →ISBN, page 11:
- Voisiko hänenkin tyttärelleen käydä noin, vaikka hän uskoisi Jumalaan, uskoisi niin vakavasti kuin on uskonut, että hän varjelee Elsan? Ei, se on mahdotonta!
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2014, Heidi Jaatinen, Kaksi viatonta päivää, Gummerus, →ISBN, pages 153-154:
- Ja hän melkein hymyili sille. Ja sai tietää, että tytöllä oli nimi: Elsa. Siro nimi puhumattomalle tytölle.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Declension
Inflection of Elsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Elsa | Elsat | |
genitive | Elsan | Elsojen | |
partitive | Elsaa | Elsoja | |
illative | Elsaan | Elsoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Elsa | Elsat | |
accusative | nom. | Elsa | Elsat |
gen. | Elsan | ||
genitive | Elsan | Elsojen Elsainrare | |
partitive | Elsaa | Elsoja | |
inessive | Elsassa | Elsoissa | |
elative | Elsasta | Elsoista | |
illative | Elsaan | Elsoihin | |
adessive | Elsalla | Elsoilla | |
ablative | Elsalta | Elsoilta | |
allative | Elsalle | Elsoille | |
essive | Elsana | Elsoina | |
translative | Elsaksi | Elsoiksi | |
instructive | — | Elsoin | |
abessive | Elsatta | Elsoitta | |
comitative | — | Elsoineen |
Possessive forms of Elsa (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Elsani | Elsamme |
2nd person | Elsasi | Elsanne |
3rd person | Elsansa |
German
Etymology
Medieval diminutive of Elisabeth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔɛlza/
Proper noun
Elsa
- a female given name
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛl.sa/, (traditional) /ˈel.sa/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛlsa, (traditional) -elsa
- Hyphenation: Èl‧sa, (traditional) Él‧sa
Etymology 1
From Latin Elsa.
Proper noun
Elsa ?
- A river in Tuscany
Etymology 2
Contraction of Elisabetta or Elisa.
Proper noun
Elsa f
- a female given name
References
- Elsa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- Ales, lesa, sale
Norwegian
Etymology
From Elisabet.
Proper noun
Elsa
- a female given name
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈelsa/ [ˈel.sa]
- Rhymes: -elsa
- Syllabification: El‧sa
Proper noun
Elsa f
- a female given name
Swedish
Etymology
Rare medieval contraction of Elisabet, also a variant Danish Else. First recorded in Sweden in 1422. Taken to general use in the 19th century through the influence of the identical German name.
Proper noun
Elsa c (genitive Elsas)
- a female given name
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 42 087 females with the given name Elsa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.