"Silvester" meaning in German

See Silvester in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /zɪlˈvɛstɐ/ Audio: De-Silvester.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛstɐ Etymology: From Latin Silvester. Etymology templates: {{der|de|la|Silvester}} Latin Silvester Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m,s,-:s}} Silvester m (proper noun, strong, genitive Silvesters, plural Silvester or Silvesters) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,s,-:s}} Forms: Silvesters [genitive], Silvester [plural], Silvesters [plural], strong [table-tags], Silvester [nominative, singular], Silvester [definite, nominative, plural], Silvesters [definite, nominative, plural], Silvesters [genitive, singular], Silvester [definite, genitive, plural], Silvesters [definite, genitive, plural], Silvester [dative, singular], Silvestern [dative, definite, plural], Silvesters [dative, definite, plural], Silvester [accusative, singular], Silvester [accusative, definite, plural], Silvesters [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine, proper-noun, strong Categories (topical): German given names, German male given names
    Sense id: en-Silvester-de-name-h8YdwBAs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Sylvester [standard]
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /zɪlˈvɛstɐ/ Audio: De-Silvester.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛstɐ Etymology: From Pope Silvester I, whose feast-day has been the 31st of December since the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582. Compare Russian Сильвестров день (Silʹvestrov denʹ), Polish sylwester. Etymology templates: {{cog|ru|Сильвестров день}} Russian Сильвестров день (Silʹvestrov denʹ), {{cog|pl|sylwester}} Polish sylwester Head templates: {{de-noun|n:m,s,-􂀿uncommon􂁀}} Silvester n or m (strong, genitive Silvesters, plural (uncommon) Silvester) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n:m,s,-􂀿uncommon􂁀}} Forms: Silvesters [genitive], Silvester [plural, uncommon], strong [table-tags], Silvester [definite, nominative, singular], Silvester [definite, nominative, plural], Silvesters [genitive, singular], Silvester [definite, genitive, plural], Silvester [dative, singular], Silvestern [dative, definite, plural], Silvester [accusative, definite, singular], Silvester [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. New Year's Eve Tags: masculine, neuter, strong Categories (topical): Holidays
    Sense id: en-Silvester-de-noun-bAU80khd Disambiguation of Holidays: 16 84 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Sylvester [standard]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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