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Roland
Roland
See also: Róland
German
Proper noun
Roland
- A male given name cognate to English Roland.
Usage notes
- Used as a given name in Germany since the Middle Ages.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrolɒnd]
- Hyphenation: Ro‧land
Proper noun
Roland
- A male given name.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Roland | Rolandok |
| accusative | Rolandot | Rolandokat |
| dative | Rolandnak | Rolandoknak |
| instrumental | Rolanddal | Rolandokkal |
| causal-final | Rolandért | Rolandokért |
| translative | Rolanddá | Rolandokká |
| terminative | Rolandig | Rolandokig |
| essive-formal | Rolandként | Rolandokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Rolandban | Rolandokban |
| superessive | Rolandon | Rolandokon |
| adessive | Rolandnál | Rolandoknál |
| illative | Rolandba | Rolandokba |
| sublative | Rolandra | Rolandokra |
| allative | Rolandhoz | Rolandokhoz |
| elative | Rolandból | Rolandokból |
| delative | Rolandról | Rolandokról |
| ablative | Rolandtól | Rolandoktól |
| Possessive forms of Roland | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Rolandom | Rolandjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | Rolandod | Rolandjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | Rolandja | Rolandjai |
| 1st person plural | Rolandunk | Rolandjaink |
| 2nd person plural | Rolandotok | Rolandjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | Rolandjuk | Rolandjaik |
Swedish
Etymology
Cognate with English and French Roland. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1397, but not in common use before the the 20th century.
Proper noun
Roland
- A male 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: 47 950 males with the given name Roland living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.