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English
Proper noun
Birgit
- A Chadic language spoken in southeastern Chad.
Danish
Etymology
Short form of Birgitte and Birgitta.
Proper noun
Birgit
- a female given name
References
- Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 33 312 females with the given name Birgit have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.
Estonian
Etymology
From Swedish Birgit and Danish Birgit.
Proper noun
Birgit
- a female given name
Faroese
Proper noun
Birgit f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Birgit: Birgitarson
- daughter of Birgit: Birgitardóttir
Declension
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singular
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indefinite
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nominative
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Birgit
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accusative
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Birgit
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dative
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Birgit
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genitive
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Birgitar
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish Birgit.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Birgit f (genitive Birgits or Birgit)
- a female given name
Norwegian
Proper noun
Birgit
- a female given name, short for Birgitte or Birgitta
Swedish
Etymology
Short form of Birgitta. First recorded in Sweden in 1879.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Birgit c (genitive Birgits)
- a female given name
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 29 590 females with the given name Birgit living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.