Waldemar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Waldemar in the 19th century. Compare Vladimir, from Slavic, and the Scandinavian name Valdemar.

Proper noun

Waldemar

1. (rare) A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 9:

     If, as a stranger in our land, you should require the aid of other judgment to guide your own, we can only say that Alicia, the daughter of our gallant knight Waldemar Fitzurse, has at our court been long held the first in beauty as in place.

Translations

male given name

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 華德馬 / 华德马 (waa⁴ dak¹ maa⁵)

• Czech: Valdemar
• Danish: Valdemar
• Finnish: Valto (fi), Valdemar (fi)
• Georgian: ვალდემარი (valdemari)
• German: Waldemar
• Italian: Valdemaro (it) m
• Latin: Waldemarus
• Latvian: Voldemārs m, Valdemārs m
• Norwegian: Valdemar
• Polish: Waldemar (pl) m
• Portuguese: Valdemar (pt) m, Valdemiro (pt)
• Spanish: Oldemar m
• Swedish: Valdemar (sv)

See also

• Vladimir

German

Etymology

From an Old High German compound name, from the elements waltan (“rule, govern”) (from Proto-West Germanic *wald) + māri (“famous, great”) (from *mārī).

Merged with Scandinavian Valdemar, apparently from the semantically and formally similar Slavic name *Voldiměrъ, which is sometimes considered to also derive from the same pre-Old High German name *waldimӕ̄r-.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Waldemar

1. a male given name

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /valˈdɛ.mar/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmar
• Syllabification: Wal‧de‧mar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Danish rendering of Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ, reshaped like the semantically and formally similar Old Norse Valdimarr. Doublet of Włodzimierz.

Proper noun

Waldemar m pers (female equivalent Waldemara, diminutive Waldek)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Waldemar

	singular	plural
nominative	Waldemar	Waldemarowie
genitive	Waldemara	Waldemarów
dative	Waldemarowi	Waldemarom
accusative	Waldemara	Waldemarów
instrumental	Waldemarem	Waldemarami
locative	Waldemarze	Waldemarach
vocative	Waldemarze	Waldemarowie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Waldemar f

1. genitive plural of Waldemara

Further reading

• Waldemar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Waldemar m

1. a male given name, variant of Valdemar

Swedish

Proper noun

Waldemar c (genitive Waldemars)

1. a male given name, a less common spelling of Valdemar