Nikolaus
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Latin saint's name Nicolaus (“Nicholas”), ultimately from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nikolaus
- a male given name, often a middle name
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Nikolaus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Nikolaus | Nikolaukset | |
genitive | Nikolauksen | Nikolausten Nikolauksien | |
partitive | Nikolausta | Nikolauksia | |
illative | Nikolaukseen | Nikolauksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Nikolaus | Nikolaukset | |
accusative | nom. | Nikolaus | Nikolaukset |
gen. | Nikolauksen | ||
genitive | Nikolauksen | Nikolausten Nikolauksien | |
partitive | Nikolausta | Nikolauksia | |
inessive | Nikolauksessa | Nikolauksissa | |
elative | Nikolauksesta | Nikolauksista | |
illative | Nikolaukseen | Nikolauksiin | |
adessive | Nikolauksella | Nikolauksilla | |
ablative | Nikolaukselta | Nikolauksilta | |
allative | Nikolaukselle | Nikolauksille | |
essive | Nikolauksena | Nikolauksina | |
translative | Nikolaukseksi | Nikolauksiksi | |
abessive | Nikolauksetta | Nikolauksitta | |
instructive | — | Nikolauksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- The given name Nikolaus belongs to 22 male individuals (and as a middle name to 102 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Nīcolāus. Compare English Nicholas.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈnɪkoˌlaʊ̯s/ (normal)
- IPA(key): /ˈniːkoˌlaʊ̯s/ (less common; regional)
- IPA(key): /ˈnɪkəˌlaʊ̯s/ (dated; still among the older generation)
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Nikolaus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Nikolaus or Nikolaus')
- St. Nicholas
- a figure, originally identical with the former and similar to the Anglo-Saxon Santa Claus, bringing children (small) presents during the night before the 6th of December
- a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas
Usage notes
[edit]- The traditional figure is usually named with a definite article: der Nikolaus. In this case, the genitive is des Nikolaus without an apostrophe or des Nikolauses. Otherwise it is Nikolaus without an apostrophe or (prepositioned) Nikolaus' with apostrophe.
Related terms
[edit]- variants and pet forms: Claus, Klaus, Nick, Niclas, Nico, Nicolas, Nicolaus, Niels, Niki, Niklas, Niklaus, Niko, Nikolai, Nils
Noun
[edit]Nikolaus m (strong, genitive Nikolauses or Nikolaus, plural Nikoläuse or Nikolause)
- a representation of St. Nicholas (e.g. an actor or a figurine)
- the day of 6th December
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nikolaus c (genitive Nikolaus)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas; more popular in the form Nils and Niklas
Categories:
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑus
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑus/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- German terms borrowed from Latin
- German terms derived from Latin
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German given names
- German male given names
- German nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names