Tolkien

English

Etymology

Likely from Middle Low German Tolkin (literally “son of Tolk”), which is probably also related to Polish Tołkiny and German Tolksdorf, names for a Prussian town; the nickname Tolk is connected to Middle Low German tolk (“interpreter”), from Proto-Slavic *tъlkъ. J. R. R. Tolkien subscribed to a folk etymology that connected the name with German tollkühn (“foolhardy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒlkiːn/

Proper noun

Tolkien (plural Tolkiens)

1. (countable) A surname.
   1. British author J. R. R. Tolkien

      Synonym: JRRT

Derived terms

• Tolkiendil
• Tolkienesque
• Tolkienian
• Tolkienish
• Tolkienism
• Tolkienist
• Tolkienite
• Tolkienologist
• Tolkienology
• Tolkieny

 

Translations

surname

• Bulgarian: То́лкин m (Tólkin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 托爾金／托尔金 (zh) (Tuō'ěrjīn)

• Marathi: टॉल्कीन (ṭŏlkīn)
• Polish: Tolkien m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Толкин m

  Roman: Tolkin m

Further reading

• “Tolkien”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Tolkien”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Tolkien”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Tolkien”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• J. R. R. Tolkien on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• telokin

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tolkien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔl.kjɛn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔlkjɛn
• Syllabification: Tol‧kien

Proper noun

Tolkien m pers

1. J. R. R. Tolkien

Declension

Declension of Tolkien

	singular
nominative	Tolkien
genitive	Tolkiena
dative	Tolkienowi
accusative	Tolkiena
instrumental	Tolkienem
locative	Tolkienie
vocative	Tolkienie

Further reading

• Tolkien in Polish dictionaries at PWN