Engelbert
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English
Proper noun
Engelbert
- A surname.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
First attested as egniberde and eginberde in 1323. Compound of Old Frisian Egge (a personal name) and bert (“settlement”).
Proper noun
Engelbert n
- A village in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch *Enghelbert, from Old Dutch *Engilberht. Equivalent to engel (“angel, Angle”) + Brecht (“bright - now only found as personal name”)
Proper noun
Engelbert m
- a male given name
References
- (etymology 1) van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
Etymology
From Old High German. The first part has absorbed the tribal name Angle, and an extended form of the god's name Ing (as in Ingela), and was in Christian times interpreted as Engel (“an angel”). The second part is beraht (“bright”). Popularized by a martyred 13th century bishop of Cologne.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Engelbert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Engelberts)
- a male given name