Betlehem
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Danish
Proper noun
Betlehem
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Betlehem
Declension
| Inflection of Betlehem (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Betlehem | — | |
| genitive | Betlehemin | — | |
| partitive | Betlehemiä | — | |
| illative | Betlehemiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Betlehem | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Betlehem | — |
| gen. | Betlehemin | ||
| genitive | Betlehemin | — | |
| partitive | Betlehemiä | — | |
| inessive | Betlehemissä | — | |
| elative | Betlehemistä | — | |
| illative | Betlehemiin | — | |
| adessive | Betlehemillä | — | |
| ablative | Betlehemiltä | — | |
| allative | Betlehemille | — | |
| essive | Betleheminä | — | |
| translative | Betlehemiksi | — | |
| abessive | Betlehemittä | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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German
Proper noun
Betlehem n (proper noun, strong, genitive Betlehems)
- Alternative spelling of Bethlehem
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Betlehem
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Betlehem | — |
| accusative | Betlehemet | — |
| dative | Betlehemnek | — |
| instrumental | Betlehemmel | — |
| causal-final | Betlehemért | — |
| translative | Betlehemmé | — |
| terminative | Betlehemig | — |
| essive-formal | Betlehemként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Betlehemben | — |
| superessive | Betlehemen | — |
| adessive | Betlehemnél | — |
| illative | Betlehembe | — |
| sublative | Betlehemre | — |
| allative | Betlehemhez | — |
| elative | Betlehemből | — |
| delative | Betlehemről | — |
| ablative | Betlehemtől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Betlehemé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Betleheméi | — |
| Possessive forms of Betlehem | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Betlehemem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Betlehemed | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Betleheme | — |
| 1st person plural | Betlehemünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Betlehemetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | Betlehemük | — |
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay Betlehem from Dutch Bethlehem, from Latin Bēthlehēmum, Bēthleëm, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bet léchem, “house of bread”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bɛtˈlehɛm/
- Rhymes: -ehɛm
- Syllabification: Bet‧le‧hem
Proper noun
Bètléhèm
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English Bethlehem or Dutch Bethlehem, both from Latin Bēthlehēmum or Bēthleëm, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bet léchem, “house of bread”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Bétléhém
- (usually in Christianity) Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)
- Synonym: Baitullaham
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈbeːtləˌhɛm/, /ˈbeːtlɛm/
Proper noun
Betlehem
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
Bètlehem m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐтлехем)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Betlehem m inan (genitive singular Betlehema, declension pattern of dub)
References
- “Betlehem”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bẹ̑tlehem m inan
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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| nominative | Bétlehem | |
| genitive | Bétlehema | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Bétlehem | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Bétlehema | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Bétlehemu | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Bétlehem | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Bétlehemu | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Bétlehemom | |
Related terms
Swedish
Proper noun
Betlehem n (genitive Betlehems)