Andreas

Andreas

See also: Andreaš

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Andrew.

Proper noun

Andreas

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek from the Latin form of Andrew.
2. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Ανδρέας (Andréas).

See also

• San Andreas
• San Andreas fault

Anagrams

• Sarandë, nasarde

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Danish

Proper noun

Andreas

1. Andrew (biblical figure)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

Related terms

• (variants) Anders, André
• (feminine forms) Andrea
• (surnames) Andreasen

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 37 684 males with the given name Andreas have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑnˈdreː.ɑs/

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• Hyphenation: An‧dre‧as

Proper noun

Andreas m

1. Andrew (apostle, brother of the apostle Peter)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

Derived terms

• andreaskruis

Related terms

• variants: Andries, André, Dries, Driesje, Drees, Dre, Dré, Andie, Andy
• feminine forms: Andrea

Anagrams

• raasden

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnd̥reɑ̯s/, [ˈɑnd̥reɑ̯s]

Proper noun

Andreas

1. Andrew (biblical figure)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

Related terms

• Andero, Ando, Andre, Andres, Andrus, Anti

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Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑndreɑs/, [ˈɑndre̞ɑs̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑndreɑs
• Syllabification^(key): And‧re‧as

Proper noun

Andreas

1. Andrew (the Apostle).
2. (rare) a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

Declension

Inflection of Andreas (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		Andreas	Andreakset
genitive		Andreaksen	Andreasten Andreaksien
partitive		Andreasta	Andreaksia
illative		Andreakseen	Andreaksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		Andreas	Andreakset
accusative	nom.	Andreas	Andreakset
	gen.	Andreaksen
genitive		Andreaksen	Andreasten Andreaksien
partitive		Andreasta	Andreaksia
inessive		Andreaksessa	Andreaksissa
elative		Andreaksesta	Andreaksista
illative		Andreakseen	Andreaksiin
adessive		Andreaksella	Andreaksilla
ablative		Andreakselta	Andreaksilta
allative		Andreakselle	Andreaksille
essive		Andreaksena	Andreaksina
translative		Andreakseksi	Andreaksiksi
instructive		—	Andreaksin
abessive		Andreaksetta	Andreaksitta
comitative		—	Andreaksineen

Possessive forms of Andreas (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Andreakseni	Andreaksemme
2nd person	Andreaksesi	Andreaksenne
3rd person	Andreaksensa

Related terms

• (given names) Antero, Antti, Atte, Anssi, Tero

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [anˈdʁeːas]

• Audio (Austria)

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• Hyphenation: An‧dre‧as

Proper noun

Andreas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Andreas' or Andreas, plural Andreasse or Andreas or Andreas')

1. Andrew (biblical figure)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

Usage notes

• The genitive Andreas can be used after the article des (masculine genitive singular).

Declension

Declension of Andreas [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Andreas	die	Andreasse, Andreas, Andreas'
genitive	eines	des	Andreas', Andreas	der	Andreasse, Andreas, Andreas'
dative	einem	dem	Andreas	den	Andreassen, Andreas, Andreas'
accusative	einen	den	Andreas	die	Andreasse, Andreas, Andreas'

Related terms

• Andrea m
• Andrea f
• Andre m, André m

Further reading

• “Andreas” in Duden online

Proper noun

Andreas f or m

1. inflection of Andrea:
   1. genitive singular
   2. plural

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Andrē̆a, Andrī̆a, Andrī̆ās

Etymology

Borrowed from the Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈdreː.aːs/, [än̪ˈd̪reːäːs̠] or IPA^(key): /ˈan.dre.aːs/, [ˈän̪d̪reäːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈdre.as/, [än̪ˈd̪rɛːäs] or IPA^(key): /ˈan.dre.as/, [ˈän̪d̪reäs]
• Note: the originally short vowel always scans long in late dactylic poetry to fit the meter.[1] This pronunciation likely gained currency under the Empire in order to imitate Greek stress, parallel to -ia, and is the only one reflected by Romance.

Proper noun

Andrē̆ās m sg (genitive Andrē̆ae); first declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew
2. Andrew (biblical figure)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Andrē̆ās
Genitive	Andrē̆ae
Dative	Andrē̆ae
Accusative	Andrē̆am Andrē̆ān
Ablative	Andrē̆ā
Vocative	Andrē̆ā

Descendants

• Catalan: Andreu
• French: André
• Galician: André, Andrade
• Italian: Andrea
• Old Portuguese: Andreu
• Portuguese: André
• Romanian: Îndrea, Andrea, Undrea
• Spanish: Andrés

References

“Andreās” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

1. Pede Certo - Digital Latin Metre‎, 2011

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Manx

Proper noun

Andreas m

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

Related terms

• Andreays

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Andreas. First recorded as a given name in Norway in the 12th century.

Proper noun

Andreas

1. Andrew (biblical figure)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

Related terms

• variants: Anders, Andre, André
• feminine forms: Andrea, Andrine

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 19 793 males with the given name Andreas living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1990s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Andreas, of Ancient Greek origin. First recorded in Sweden in runes in the 12th century.

Proper noun

Andreas c (genitive Andreas, Andreas')

1. (biblical) Andrew
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

   Det där är Andreas hund.

   That's Andreas's dog.

   Andreas och Andrea har varsin hund men Andreas' är störst.

   Andreas and Andrea each have a dog, but Andreas's is the biggest.

3. genitive of Andrea

Usage notes

The genitive form with an apostrophe is generally only to be used when one needs to tell the genitive of Andreas and Andrea apart, see the usage examples above.

Related terms

• (male given names): Anders, André
• (pet forms): Adde
• (female given names): Andrea
• (surnames): Anderson, Andreasson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk (1996) Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin (1995) Förnamnsboken, Norstedts, →ISBN: 70,686 males with the given name Andreas living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Anagrams

• dansare, rasande, sanerad