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Elsa
Elsa
See also: elsa
English
Proper noun
Elsa
- A female given name.
- 1988 Barbara Vine, The House of Stairs, Onyx(1990), ISBN 0451402111, page 35:
- A friend that I envied — it was the same friend who had benefited from admiring Cosette's jewelry, a girl whose name was Elsa and whom naturally we called Lioness —
- 1988 Barbara Vine, The House of Stairs, Onyx(1990), ISBN 0451402111, page 35:
Anagrams
Faroese
Proper noun
Elsa f
- A female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Elsa: Elsuson
- daughter of Elsa: Elsudóttir
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Elsa |
| Accusative | Elsu |
| Dative | Elsu |
| Genitive | Elsu |
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈelsɑ]
- Hyphenation: El‧sa
Proper noun
Elsa
- A female given name.
- 1894 Teuvo Pakkala, Elsa, SKS (1995), ISBN 951-717-841-7, page 11:
- Voisiko hänenkin tyttärelleen käydä noin, vaikka hän uskoisi Jumalaan, uskoisi niin vakavasti kuin on uskonut, että hän varjelee Elsan? Ei, se on mahdotonta!
- 2014 Heidi Jaatinen, Kaksi viatonta päivää, Gummerus, ISBN 978-951-20-9511-7, pages 153-154:
- Ja hän melkein hymyili sille. Ja sai tietää, että tytöllä oli nimi: Elsa. Siro nimi puhumattomalle tytölle.
- 1894 Teuvo Pakkala, Elsa, SKS (1995), ISBN 951-717-841-7, page 11:
Declension
| Inflection of Elsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Elsa | Elsat | |
| genitive | Elsan | Elsojen | |
| partitive | Elsaa | Elsoja | |
| illative | Elsaan | Elsoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Elsa | Elsat | |
| accusative | nom. | Elsa | Elsat |
| gen. | Elsan | ||
| genitive | Elsan | Elsojen Elsainrare |
|
| partitive | Elsaa | Elsoja | |
| inessive | Elsassa | Elsoissa | |
| elative | Elsasta | Elsoista | |
| illative | Elsaan | Elsoihin | |
| adessive | Elsalla | Elsoilla | |
| ablative | Elsalta | Elsoilta | |
| allative | Elsalle | Elsoille | |
| essive | Elsana | Elsoina | |
| translative | Elsaksi | Elsoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Elsoin | |
| abessive | Elsatta | Elsoitta | |
| comitative | — | Elsoineen | |
German
Etymology
Medieval diminutive of Elisabeth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔɛlza/
Proper noun
Elsa
- A female given name.
Italian
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Elsa ?
Etymology 2
Contraction of Elisabetta or Elisa.
Proper noun
Elsa f
- A female given name
Swedish
Etymology
Rare medieval contraction of Elisabet, also a variant Danish Else. First recorded in Sweden in 1422. Taken to general use in the 19th century through the influence of the identical German name.
Proper noun
Elsa
- A female given name.
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 42 087 females with the given name Elsa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.