Imre

See also: İmre

Estonian

Proper noun

Imre

1. a male given name borrowed from Hungarian in early 20th century

Hungarian

Etymology

From Germanic Amalrich or Emmerich, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) + rīhhi (“ruler”) The old Hungarian variants of the Latin names Emericus, Emmeric are: Emrik, Emrih, Imreh. There are written data in Hungarian documents since the end of the 12th century for the Emericus, Eimericus variants. According to another explanation, Imre is a borrowing of the German Heinrich (Henrik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈimrɛ]

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• Hyphenation: Im‧re
• Rhymes: -rɛ

Proper noun

Imre

1. a male given name, equivalent to German Emmerich or English Emery
2. a surname

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Imre	Imrék
accusative	Imrét	Imréket
dative	Imrének	Imréknek
instrumental	Imrével	Imrékkel
causal-final	Imréért	Imrékért
translative	Imrévé	Imrékké
terminative	Imréig	Imrékig
essive-formal	Imreként	Imrékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Imrében	Imrékben
superessive	Imrén	Imréken
adessive	Imrénél	Imréknél
illative	Imrébe	Imrékbe
sublative	Imrére	Imrékre
allative	Imréhez	Imrékhez
elative	Imréből	Imrékből
delative	Imréről	Imrékről
ablative	Imrétől	Imréktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	Imréé	Imréké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Imrééi	Imrékéi

Possessive forms of Imre
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Imrém	Imréim
2nd person sing.	Imréd	Imréid
3rd person sing.	Imréje	Imréi
1st person plural	Imrénk	Imréink
2nd person plural	Imrétek	Imréitek
3rd person plural	Imréjük	Imréik

Derived terms

• Imi (diminutive)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Imre.

Proper noun

Imre m (genitive/dative lui Imre)

1. a surname from Hungarian

References

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎^[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică