"Erik" meaning in Swedish

See Erik in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Audio: LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Erik.wav
Etymology: From Old Norse Eiríkr, from Proto-Norse *Aiwa-rikiaʀ (literally “ever ruler”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|non|Eiríkr}} Old Norse Eiríkr, {{inh|sv|gmq-pro|*Aiwa-rikiaʀ||lit=ever ruler|sc=Latn}} Proto-Norse *Aiwa-rikiaʀ (literally “ever ruler”) Head templates: {{head|sv|interjection}} Erik
  1. The letter "E" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
    Sense id: en-Erik-sv-intj-5D2dog4r
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Eric, Jerker [dialectal]

Proper name

Audio: LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Erik.wav Forms: Eriks [genitive]
Etymology: From Old Norse Eiríkr, from Proto-Norse *Aiwa-rikiaʀ (literally “ever ruler”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|non|Eiríkr}} Old Norse Eiríkr, {{inh|sv|gmq-pro|*Aiwa-rikiaʀ||lit=ever ruler|sc=Latn}} Proto-Norse *Aiwa-rikiaʀ (literally “ever ruler”) Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Eriks|g=c|head=}} Erik c (genitive Eriks), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Erik c (genitive Eriks)
  1. a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Erika or Erica, equivalent to English Eric Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Swedish given names, Swedish male given names Related terms: Eriksson [surname]
    Sense id: en-Erik-sv-name-dhcGYCRF Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Eric, Jerker [dialectal]

Inflected forms

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