Erle
See also: erle
English
Etymology
A rare spelling variant of Earl.
Proper noun
Erle
- A male given name from English.
Anagrams
- LREE, Reel, leer, reel
German
Etymology
From Middle High German erle, from Old High German erila, from Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu, from Proto-Germanic *alizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis-.
Compare Dutch els, English alder, Danish el, Norwegian older, Icelandic elri.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Erle f (genitive Erle, plural Erlen)
- alder
Declension
Declension of Erle [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Erle | die | Erlen |
genitive | einer | der | Erle | der | Erlen |
dative | einer | der | Erle | den | Erlen |
accusative | eine | die | Erle | die | Erlen |
Derived terms
- erlen (“aldern”)
Further reading
- “Erle” in Duden online
- “Erle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Norwegian
Etymology
Short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Erl- (German Erlinde, etc.), also seen as a modern feminine form of Erling and Jarl (“earl”).
Proper noun
Erle
- a female given name
References
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1089 females with the given name Erle living in Norway on January 1st 2014, with the frequency peak in the 2000s decade. Accessed on July 11th, 2014.