"Gustav" meaning in Swedish

See Gustav in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Audio: LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Gustav.wav
Etymology: From Old Swedish Gøtstaf, from Old Norse Gautr (“Geats”) + stafr (“staff”), or maybe from Slavic (compare Old Polish Gościsław, Goscław, Czech Hostislav), from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”). First recorded as Swedish given name in 1521. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|Gøtstaf}} Old Swedish Gøtstaf, {{inh|sv|non|-}} Old Norse, {{compound|non|Gautr|stafr|t1=Geats|t2=staff}} Gautr (“Geats”) + stafr (“staff”), {{der|sv|sla}} Slavic, {{cog|zlw-opl|Gościsław}} Old Polish Gościsław, {{cog|cs|Hostislav}} Czech Hostislav, {{der|sv|sla-pro|*Gostislavъ}} Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ Head templates: {{head|sv|interjection}} Gustav
  1. The letter "G" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
    Sense id: en-Gustav-sv-intj-aqNhnc6S Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Gustaf

Proper name

Audio: LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Gustav.wav Forms: Gustavs [genitive]
Etymology: From Old Swedish Gøtstaf, from Old Norse Gautr (“Geats”) + stafr (“staff”), or maybe from Slavic (compare Old Polish Gościsław, Goscław, Czech Hostislav), from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”). First recorded as Swedish given name in 1521. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|Gøtstaf}} Old Swedish Gøtstaf, {{inh|sv|non|-}} Old Norse, {{compound|non|Gautr|stafr|t1=Geats|t2=staff}} Gautr (“Geats”) + stafr (“staff”), {{der|sv|sla}} Slavic, {{cog|zlw-opl|Gościsław}} Old Polish Gościsław, {{cog|cs|Hostislav}} Czech Hostislav, {{der|sv|sla-pro|*Gostislavъ}} Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Gustavs|g=c|head=}} Gustav c (genitive Gustavs), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Gustav c (genitive Gustavs)
  1. a male given name Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Swedish given names, Swedish male given names Derived forms: Gustavsson Related terms: Gustafsson [surname], Gustavsson Related terms (female given names): Gustava Related terms (male given names): Gösta
    Sense id: en-Gustav-sv-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Gustaf

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Gustav meaning in Swedish (5.2kB)

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