Albrecht

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalbrɛxt]

Proper noun

Albrecht m anim (female equivalent Albrechtová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Albrecht (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Albrecht	Albrechtové
genitive	Albrechta	Albrechtů
dative	Albrechtovi	Albrechtům
accusative	Albrechta	Albrechty
vocative	Albrechte	Albrechtové
locative	Albrechtovi	Albrechtech
instrumental	Albrechtem	Albrechty

Further reading

• “Albrecht”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
• Matúšová, Jana (2015) Německá vlastní jména v češtině [German proper nouns in Czech] (in Czech), Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, page 26

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch albrecht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.brɛxt/
• Hyphenation: Al‧brecht

Proper noun

Albrecht m

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Albert
• Brecht

German

Regional distribution of the surname Albrecht in Germany in 2005 (by number of telephone mainlines)

Etymology

From Old High German, from adal (“noble”) + bert (“bright, illustrious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalbʁɛçt]

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• Hyphenation: Al‧brecht
• Rhymes: -ɛçt

Proper noun

Albrecht m (proper noun, strong, genitive Albrechts, plural Albrechte or Albrechts)

1. a male given name from Old High German, of rare current usage, variant of Albert

Declension

Declension of Albrecht [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Albrecht	die	Albrechte, Albrechts
genitive	eines	des	Albrechts	der	Albrechte, Albrechts
dative	einem	dem	Albrecht	den	Albrechten, Albrechts
accusative	einen	den	Albrecht	die	Albrechte, Albrechts

Proper noun

Albrecht m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Albrechts or (with an article) Albrecht, feminine genitive Albrecht, plural Albrechts)

1. a common surname originating as a patronymic

Related terms

• Albrechts, Albertz, Alberts, Albers
• Lambrecht, Lamprecht, Lambertz, Lamberts, Lambers

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈaɫbrɛxt/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈalbrɛxt/

Proper noun

Albrecht m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Albrecht (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Albrecht	Albrechty	Albrechti, Albrechtové
genitive	Albrechta	Albrechtú	Albrechtóv
dative	Albrechtu, Albrechtovi	Albrechtoma	Albrechtóm
accusative	Albrechta	Albrechty	Albrechty
vocative	Albrechte	Albrechty	Albrechti, Albrechtové
locative	Albrechtu, Albrechtovi	Albrechtú	Albrechtiech
instrumental	Albrechtem	Albrechtoma	Albrechty

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Albrecht”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Albrecht. Doublet of Albert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.brɛxt/
• Rhymes: -albrɛxt
• Syllabification: Al‧brecht

Proper noun

Albrecht m pers

1. a male given name from German, equivalent to English Albert
2. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Albrecht

	singular	plural
nominative	Albrecht	Albrechtowie
genitive	Albrechta	Albrechtów
dative	Albrechtowi	Albrechtom
accusative	Albrechta	Albrechtów
instrumental	Albrechtem	Albrechtami
locative	Albrechcie	Albrechtach
vocative	Albrechcie	Albrechtowie

Proper noun

Albrecht f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname from German

Further reading

• Albrecht in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Albrecht”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalbrext]

Proper noun

Albrecht m pers (female equivalent Albrechtová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Albrecht (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Albrecht	Albrechtovia	Albrechtovci
genitive	Albrechta	Albrechtov	Albrechtovcov
dative	Albrechtovi	Albrechtom	Albrechtovcom
accusative	Albrechta	Albrechtov	Albrechtovcov
locative	Albrechtovi	Albrechtoch	Albrechtovcoch
instrumental	Albrechtom	Albrechtmi	Albrechtovcami

Further reading

• “Albrecht”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025