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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish Aghi, possibly a short form of compound names beginning with Germanic agh "blade" or Old Norse agi "awe". Related to German (Frisian) Uwe. Sometimes explained as a form of Scandinavian Åge/Åke.
Proper noun
Ove
- a male given name
See also
References
- Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 25 606 males with the given name Ove 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 June 2011.
Hunsrik
- oowe (Wiesemann spelling)
Etymology
From Central Franconian Ovve, from Middle High German oven, from Old High German ofan, from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Ove m (plural Ove, diminutive Oveche)
- oven (chamber used for baking or heating)
- stove; cooker
- Synonym: Kochove
Unser Ove is schun alt.- Our stove is already old.
Derived terms
References
Norwegian
Proper noun
Ove
- a male given name of Danish origin
Swedish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ove c (genitive Oves)
- a male given name borrowed from Denmark in the Middle Ages