Bertram
See also: bertram
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Batterham
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːtɹəm/
Proper noun
Bertram
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Quotations
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
- Be thou blest, Bertram; and succeed thy father
In manners, as in shape!
- 1979, Catherine Aird, Some Die Eloquent, Doubleday, published 1980, →ISBN, page 77:
- "He doesn't use Bertram," Sloan informed him. "They told me at the bank."
"Don't blame him."
"He's always known as George."
"Never Bertram," noted Leeyes. "People can be funny about Christian names."
Translations
male given name
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Anagrams
- Rambert
Danish
Proper noun
Bertram
- a male given name, equivalent to English Bertram
- a surname originating as a patronymic
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛrtram/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Bertram
- a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Bertram
Proper noun
Bertram m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bertrams or (with an article) Bertram, feminine genitive Bertram, plural Bertrams)
- a surname originating as a patronymic
Etymology 2
From Middle High German bërtram, bërhtram, from Old High German berhtram, from Latin pyrethrum and influenced by the male given name, from Ancient Greek πύρεθρον (púrethron).
Alternative forms
- Berchtram (archaic)
Noun
Bertram m (strong, genitive Bertrams, no plural)
- pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum)
Declension
Declension of Bertram [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular | |||
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indef. | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Bertram |
genitive | eines | des | Bertrams |
dative | einem | dem | Bertram |
accusative | einen | den | Bertram |
Descendants
- → English: bertram
- → Polish: bertram
- → Russian: бертрам (bertram)