Max
See also: max, max., -max, and мах
English
Etymology
Borrowed from the German Max, diminutive of Maximilian in the 19th century, later also used as a nickname for Maxwell.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæks/
- Rhymes: -æks
Proper noun
Max
- A male given name from Latin.
- 2002, Cynthia Heimel, If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 177:
- Since it seems to me that this fad of child-rearing has turned into an actual trend, that babies are an increasingly popular accessory for people-on-the-go, I first want to say to stop naming your boys Max. Max is a perfectly nice name, ensuring its owner a certain precocious sensibility, but there are enough Maxes now. Any more Maxes and the breed will go to the dogs.
- 2015 Max
- Kyle: Okay, Max. Search.
- Diminutive of Maximilian
- Diminutive of Maxwell
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- A diminutive of the female given name Maxine
Derived terms
- Maxie
- Maxine
Related terms
- (male given name): female form: Maxine
Anagrams
- XMA, ǀXam
Danish
Proper noun
Max
- a male given name borrowed from German
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Max. Equivalent to a shortening of Maximiliaan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑks/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Max
- Rhymes: -ɑks
Proper noun
Max m
- a male given name
French
Etymology
Clipping of Maxime, Maximilien, Maxence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maks/
Proper noun
Max m
- a male given name
- Diminutive of Maxime
- Diminutive of Maximilien
- Diminutive of Maxence
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maks]
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file)
Proper noun
Max
- a diminutive of the male given name Maximilian
Derived terms
- Mäxchen
See also
- Hans
- Fritz
- Hinz
- Kunz
- Petz
- Lutz
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɒks]
- Rhymes: -ɒks
Proper noun
Max
- Max
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Max | Maxok |
| accusative | Maxot | Maxokat |
| dative | Maxnak | Maxoknak |
| instrumental | Maxszal | Maxokkal |
| causal-final | Maxért | Maxokért |
| translative | Maxszá | Maxokká |
| terminative | Maxig | Maxokig |
| essive-formal | Maxként | Maxokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Maxban | Maxokban |
| superessive | Maxon | Maxokon |
| adessive | Maxnál | Maxoknál |
| illative | Maxba | Maxokba |
| sublative | Maxra | Maxokra |
| allative | Maxhoz | Maxokhoz |
| elative | Maxból | Maxokból |
| delative | Maxról | Maxokról |
| ablative | Maxtól | Maxoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | Maxé | Maxoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | Maxéi | Maxokéi |
| Possessive forms of Max | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Maxom | Maxaim |
| 2nd person sing. | Maxod | Maxaid |
| 3rd person sing. | Maxa | Maxai |
| 1st person plural | Maxunk | Maxaink |
| 2nd person plural | Maxotok | Maxaitok |
| 3rd person plural | Maxuk | Maxaik |
Swedish
Etymology
From German Max. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1825.
Pronunciation
- Homophones: macks, max
Proper noun
Max c (genitive Max)
- a male given name
- 1975, Christer Kihlman, Dyre prins, Wahlström & Widstrand, →ISBN, page 113:
- Som liten var jag ganska stolt över mitt namn. Donald! Det klingade minsann mäktigare det än både Kalle och Ville och Lasse. Senare, när jag upphöjt mig själv i borgarståndet och för säkerhets skull beseglat min borgerlighet genom äktenskapet med Gunnel Lindermann hade jag uppriktigt sagt gärna hetat nånting annat, nånting mera traditionellt ståndsmässigt, eller från den synpunkten konventionellare, som Johan eller Henrik eller Carl-Gustaf. Till och med Max och Moritz och Niklas hade gått an. Bara inte Donald.
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