Malte
See also: malte, malté, Maltę, and målte
Danish
Alternative forms
- Malthe
Etymology
Diminutive of the male given name Helmolt, from Old High German helm (“helmet”) + waltan (“to rule”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɛːˀlt(s)ʰə]
Proper noun
Malte
- a male given name
French
Etymology
From Latin Melite, which is disputed; from a Phoenician root 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, “honey”). More at Malta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /malt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Mal‧te
- Homophones: malt, malte, maltent, maltes, malts
Proper noun
Malte f
- Malta (an island and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
Related terms
- maltais
- Maltais
- Maltaise
See also
- (countries of Europe) pays de l'Europe; Albanie, Allemagne, Andorre, Arménie, Autriche, Azerbaïdjan, Belgique, Biélorussie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bulgarie, Chypre, Cité du Vatican, Croatie, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Finlande, France, Géorgie, Grèce, Hongrie, Irlande, Islande, Italie, Kazakhstan, Lettonie, Liechtenstein, Lituanie, Luxembourg, Macédoine du Nord, Malte, Moldavie, Monaco, Monténégro, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Portugal, République tchèque, Roumanie, Royaume-Uni, Russie, Saint-Marin, Serbie, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Suède, Suisse, Turquie, Ukraine (Category: fr:Countries in Europe)
Anagrams
- mêlât, métal
Friulian
Proper noun
Malte f
- Malta
Related terms
- maltês
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaltə/
- Rhymes: -altə
Noun
Malte f (genitive Malte, plural Malten)
- Obsolete form of Melde (“saltbush”)
Declension
Declension of Malte [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Malte | die | Malten |
genitive | einer | der | Malte | der | Malten |
dative | einer | der | Malte | den | Malten |
accusative | eine | die | Malte | die | Malten |
Etymology 2
From Danish Malte.
Proper noun
Malte
- a male given name
Further reading
- “Malte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Limburgish
Proper noun
Malte
- Malta (an island and country in Europe)
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Proper noun
Malte f
- (Jersey) Malta
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmalte]
Proper noun
Malte f
- dative/locative singular of Malta
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /máːltɛ/
Proper noun
Mȃlte
- genitive singular of Mȃlta
Swedish
Etymology
From Danish Malte. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1672.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²maltɛ/
Proper noun
Malte c (genitive Maltes)
- a male given name