Aadolf
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Swedish Adolf, of Germanic origin (from Old High German adal (“noble”) + wolf (“wolf”)).[1] Cognate with English Adolf, Adolph.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɑːdolf/, [ˈɑ̝ːdo̞lf]
- Rhymes: -ɑːdolf
- Syllabification(key): Aa‧dolf
- Hyphenation(key): Aa‧dolf
Proper noun
editAadolf
- (rare as a first name) a male given name
Usage notes
edit- Mostly used of foreign historical persons, or as a middle name.
Declension
edit| Inflection of Aadolf (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aadolf | Aadolfit | |
| genitive | Aadolfin | Aadolfien | |
| partitive | Aadolfia | Aadolfeja | |
| illative | Aadolfiin | Aadolfeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Aadolf | Aadolfit | |
| accusative | nom. | Aadolf | Aadolfit |
| gen. | Aadolfin | ||
| genitive | Aadolfin | Aadolfien | |
| partitive | Aadolfia | Aadolfeja | |
| inessive | Aadolfissa | Aadolfeissa | |
| elative | Aadolfista | Aadolfeista | |
| illative | Aadolfiin | Aadolfeihin | |
| adessive | Aadolfilla | Aadolfeilla | |
| ablative | Aadolfilta | Aadolfeilta | |
| allative | Aadolfille | Aadolfeille | |
| essive | Aadolfina | Aadolfeina | |
| translative | Aadolfiksi | Aadolfeiksi | |
| abessive | Aadolfitta | Aadolfeitta | |
| instructive | — | Aadolfein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Related terms
editStatistics
edit- The given name Aadolf belongs to 14 male individuals (and as a middle name to 362 more, making it overwhelmingly more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
editCategories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Germanic languages
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑːdolf
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑːdolf/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms with rare senses
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish risti-type nominals