Rudolf

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Rudolf and German Rudolf.

Proper noun

Rudolf

  1. A male given name from Czech or German, equivalent to English Rudolph.

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rudolf m anim

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Declension

Declension of Rudolf (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Rudolf Rudolfové
genitive Rudolfa Rudolfů
dative Rudolfovi, Rudolfu Rudolfům
accusative Rudolfa Rudolfy
vocative Rudolfe Rudolfové
locative Rudolfovi, Rudolfu Rudolfech
instrumental Rudolfem Rudolfy

Dutch

Etymology

From German Rudolf. Equivalent to native Dutch Roelof.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Rudolf m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Estonian

Proper noun

Rudolf

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Derived terms

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German Ruodolf, from Old High German *Hruodwolf, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiwulf.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rudolf m (proper noun, strong, genitive Rudolfs)

  1. a male given name from Middle High German, equivalent to English Rudolph

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rudolf

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Rudolf Rudolfok
accusative Rudolfot Rudolfokat
dative Rudolfnak Rudolfoknak
instrumental Rudolffal Rudolfokkal
causal-final Rudolfért Rudolfokért
translative Rudolffá Rudolfokká
terminative Rudolfig Rudolfokig
essive-formal Rudolfként Rudolfokként
essive-modal — —
inessive Rudolfban Rudolfokban
superessive Rudolfon Rudolfokon
adessive Rudolfnál Rudolfoknál
illative Rudolfba Rudolfokba
sublative Rudolfra Rudolfokra
allative Rudolfhoz Rudolfokhoz
elative Rudolfból Rudolfokból
delative Rudolfról Rudolfokról
ablative Rudolftól Rudolfoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		Rudolfé Rudolfoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		Rudolféi Rudolfokéi
Possessive forms of Rudolf
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Rudolfom Rudolfjaim
2nd person sing. Rudolfod Rudolfjaid
3rd person sing. Rudolfja Rudolfjai
1st person plural Rudolfunk Rudolfjaink
2nd person plural Rudolfotok Rudolfjaitok
3rd person plural Rudolfjuk Rudolfjaik

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rudolf.

Proper noun

Rudolf m

  1. a male given name

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Rudolf, from Middle High German Ruodolf, from Old High German *Hruodwolf, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiwulf

Proper noun

Rudolf m pers (female equivalent Rudolfa or Rudolfina)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph
Declension
Declension of Rudolf
singular plural
nominative Rudolf Rudolfowie/Rudolfy (deprecative)
genitive Rudolfa Rudolfów
dative Rudolfowi Rudolfom
accusative Rudolfa Rudolfów
instrumental Rudolfem Rudolfami
locative Rudolfie Rudolfach
vocative Rudolfie Rudolfowie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Rudolf f

  1. genitive plural of Rudolfa

Further reading

  • Rudolf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rùdolf m (Cyrillic spelling Ру̀долф)

  1. a male given name

Further reading

  • “Rudolf”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rudolf m pers

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph
  2. a surname

Declension

as a name:

Declension of Rudolf
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativeRudolfRudolfovia
genitiveRudolfaRudolfov
dativeRudolfoviRudolfom
accusativeRudolfaRudolfov
locativeRudolfoviRudolfoch
instrumentalRudolfomRudolfmi

as a surname:

Declension of Rudolf
(pattern chlap)
singularplural 1plural 2
nominativeRudolfRudolfoviaRudolfovci
genitiveRudolfaRudolfovRudolfovcov
dativeRudolfoviRudolfomRudolfovcom
accusativeRudolfaRudolfovRudolfovcov
locativeRudolfoviRudolfochRudolfovcoch
instrumentalRudolfomRudolfmiRudolfovcami

Further reading

  • “Rudolf”, 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, 2003–2025

Swedish

Etymology

From German.

Interjection

Rudolf

  1. The letter "R" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

Proper noun

Rudolf c (genitive Rudolfs)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph
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