Else

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See also: else, and -else

English

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Etymology

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Proper noun

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Else

  1. A surname.

Anagrams

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Else

  1. dative/locative singular of Elsa

Danish

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Etymology

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Contraction of Elisabeth. Cognate with German Elsa.

Proper noun

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Else

  1. a female given name

References

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  • [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 59 911 females with the given name Else have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Danish Else.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈelse/, [ˈe̞ls̠e̞]
  • Rhymes: -else
  • Hyphenation(key): El‧se

Proper noun

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Else

  1. a female given name

Declension

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Inflection of Else (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative Else Elset
genitive Elsen Elsejen
partitive Elseä Elsejä
illative Elseen Elseihin
singular plural
nominative Else Elset
accusative nom. Else Elset
gen. Elsen
genitive Elsen Elsejen
Elsein rare
partitive Elseä Elsejä
inessive Elsessä Elseissä
elative Elsestä Elseistä
illative Elseen Elseihin
adessive Elsellä Elseillä
ablative Elseltä Elseiltä
allative Elselle Elseille
essive Elsenä Elseinä
translative Elseksi Elseiksi
abessive Elsettä Elseittä
instructive Elsein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Else (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Elseni Elseni
accusative nom. Elseni Elseni
gen. Elseni
genitive Elseni Elsejeni
Elseini rare
partitive Elseäni Elsejäni
inessive Elsessäni Elseissäni
elative Elsestäni Elseistäni
illative Elseeni Elseihini
adessive Elselläni Elseilläni
ablative Elseltäni Elseiltäni
allative Elselleni Elseilleni
essive Elsenäni Elseinäni
translative Elsekseni Elseikseni
abessive Elsettäni Elseittäni
instructive
comitative Elseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Elsesi Elsesi
accusative nom. Elsesi Elsesi
gen. Elsesi
genitive Elsesi Elsejesi
Elseisi rare
partitive Elseäsi Elsejäsi
inessive Elsessäsi Elseissäsi
elative Elsestäsi Elseistäsi
illative Elseesi Elseihisi
adessive Elselläsi Elseilläsi
ablative Elseltäsi Elseiltäsi
allative Elsellesi Elseillesi
essive Elsenäsi Elseinäsi
translative Elseksesi Elseiksesi
abessive Elsettäsi Elseittäsi
instructive
comitative Elseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Elsemme Elsemme
accusative nom. Elsemme Elsemme
gen. Elsemme
genitive Elsemme Elsejemme
Elseimme rare
partitive Elseämme Elsejämme
inessive Elsessämme Elseissämme
elative Elsestämme Elseistämme
illative Elseemme Elseihimme
adessive Elsellämme Elseillämme
ablative Elseltämme Elseiltämme
allative Elsellemme Elseillemme
essive Elsenämme Elseinämme
translative Elseksemme Elseiksemme
abessive Elsettämme Elseittämme
instructive
comitative Elseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Elsenne Elsenne
accusative nom. Elsenne Elsenne
gen. Elsenne
genitive Elsenne Elsejenne
Elseinne rare
partitive Elseänne Elsejänne
inessive Elsessänne Elseissänne
elative Elsestänne Elseistänne
illative Elseenne Elseihinne
adessive Elsellänne Elseillänne
ablative Elseltänne Elseiltänne
allative Elsellenne Elseillenne
essive Elsenänne Elseinänne
translative Elseksenne Elseiksenne
abessive Elsettänne Elseittänne
instructive
comitative Elseinenne

Statistics

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  • Else is the 410th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 962 female individuals (and as a middle name to 435 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Danish Else.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Else

  1. a female given name

Norwegian

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Etymology

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Contraction of Elisabeth.

Proper noun

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Else

  1. a female given name

References

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  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 270 females with the given name Else living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.