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Erle

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English

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Etymology

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A rare spelling variant of Earl.

Proper noun

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Erle

  1. A male given name from English.
  2. A surname.

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German erle, from Old High German erila, from Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu, from Proto-Germanic *alizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis-.

Compare Dutch els, English alder, Danish el, Norwegian older, Icelandic elri.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Erle f (genitive Erle, plural Erlen)

  1. alder

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Erle” in Duden online
  • Erle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian

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Etymology

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Short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Erl- (German Erlinde, etc.), also seen as a modern feminine form of Erling and Jarl (earl).

Proper noun

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Erle

  1. a female given name

References

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  • [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1089 females with the given name Erle living in Norway on January 1st 2014, with the frequency peak in the 2000s decade. Accessed on July 11th, 2014.