Helge

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Danish

Etymology

Old Norse Helgi.

Proper noun

Helge

  1. a male given name

German

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Norse Helgi.

Proper noun

Helge m (proper noun, strong, genitive Helges or (only with an article) Helge, plural Helges)

  1. a male given name
Declension

Proper noun

Helge f (proper noun, genitive Helges or (with an article) Helge, plural Helges)

  1. a female given name of less common usage, variant of Helga
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Helge m (weak, genitive Helgens, plural Helgen)

  1. Alternative form of Helling
Declension

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Helgi. Recorded in Norway since the Middle Ages.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Helge

  1. a male given name

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 312 males with the given name Helge living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Swedish

Etymology

Old Norse Helgi.

Pronunciation

Interjection

Helge

  1. The letter "H" in the Swedish spelling alphabet (since 1960; previously Harald)

Proper noun

Helge c (genitive Helges)

  1. a male given name

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