Erik
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A spelling variant of Eric, or directly borrowed from modern Swedish Erik.
Proper noun
[edit]Erik
- A male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eric.
- 2022 January 25, The Athletic Staff, “Sharks’ Erik Karlsson has surgery on left forearm; to be reevaluated in March”, in The New York Times[1]:
- San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson successfully underwent surgery to fix a muscle tear in his left forearm, according to the team. Per the Sharks, Karlsson is expected to be reevaluated in March.
Related terms
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[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Erik m anim (related adjective Erikův)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Eric
Declension
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Eiríkr. Borne by eight kings of Denmark.
Proper noun
[edit]Erik
- a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Erika, equivalent to English Eric
Related terms
[edit]- (surnames) Eriksen
References
[edit]- [2] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 118 507 males with the given name Erik have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the last frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Estonian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Erik
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Eero, Erki, or Erko, feminine equivalent Erika, equivalent to English Eric
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of Eerik.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Erik
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Eerikki, Eero, or Erkki, feminine equivalent Erika, Eriika, or Eerika, equivalent to English Eric
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Erik (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Erik | Erikit | |
genitive | Erikin | Erikien | |
partitive | Erikiä | Erikejä | |
illative | Erikiin | Erikeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Erik | Erikit | |
accusative | nom. | Erik | Erikit |
gen. | Erikin | ||
genitive | Erikin | Erikien | |
partitive | Erikiä | Erikejä | |
inessive | Erikissä | Erikeissä | |
elative | Erikistä | Erikeistä | |
illative | Erikiin | Erikeihin | |
adessive | Erikillä | Erikeillä | |
ablative | Erikiltä | Erikeiltä | |
allative | Erikille | Erikeille | |
essive | Erikinä | Erikeinä | |
translative | Erikiksi | Erikeiksi | |
abessive | Erikittä | Erikeittä | |
instructive | — | Erikein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Erik is the 155th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 4,070 male individuals (and as a middle name to 20,980 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 10 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Erik
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Erich, feminine equivalent Erika or Erica, equivalent to English Eric
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Monophthongised version of Eirik, from Old Norse Eiríkr.
Proper noun
[edit]Erik m
- a male given name, variant of Eirik
References
[edit]- Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 20 608 males with the given name Erik living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on 29th April, 2011.
Slovak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately, from Old Norse Eiríkr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Erik m pers (genitive singular Erika, nominative plural Erikovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Eric
Declension
[edit]Declension of Erik
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Erik”, 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, 2003–2024
Slovene
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ȇrik m anim
- a male given name, equivalent to English Eric
Inflection
[edit]Masculine anim., hard o-stem | ||
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nominative | Êrik | |
genitive | Êrika | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Êrik | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Êrika | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
Êriku | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Êrika | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Êriku | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Êrikom |
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Eiríkr, from From Proto-Norse *Aiwa-rikiaʀ (literally “ever ruler”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Interjection
[edit]Erik
- The letter "E" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
Proper noun
[edit]Erik c (genitive Eriks)
- a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Erika or Erica, equivalent to English Eric
- 2014, Linda Olsson, I skymningen sjunger koltrasten, Brombergs Bokförlag, →ISBN:
- E. Blom. Vad stod e:et för? Erik? Det var egentligen det enda mansnamn för en så pass ung människa som hon kunde komma på. Ingen hette sådant som Evald, Einar eller Evert nuförtiden. Eller gjorde de?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
[edit]- Traditionally one of the most popular names in Sweden, said to have been borne by 14 kings (out of which 5 are now considered mythological).
Related terms
[edit]- (surnames) Eriksson
References
[edit]- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 301 941 males with the given name Erik living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, without a clear frequency peak. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
- Erik in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Erik
- a male given name
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- Rhymes:Finnish/erik
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