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Gunnar

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Gunnarr, cognate with German Günther and medieval English Gunter.

Proper noun

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Gunnar

  1. a male given name
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References

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  • [3] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 117 males with the given name Gunnar have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Gunnarr.

Proper noun

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Gunnar

  1. a male given name
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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Gunnarr, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz.

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Proper noun

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Gunnar m

  1. a male given name

Declension

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singular
indefinite
nominative Gunnar
accusative Gunnar
dative Gunnari
genitive Gunnars

Derived terms

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Gunnarr.

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Proper noun

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Gunnar m (proper noun, genitive singular Gunnars)

  1. a male given name

Declension

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Declension of Gunnar (sg-only masculine)
indefinite singular
nominative Gunnar
accusative Gunnar
dative Gunnari
genitive Gunnars

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Gunnarr, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz, from *gunþiz (“battle”) + *harjaz (“warrior”). Cognate with Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish Gunnar, Danish Gunder and German Gunther.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²ɡʊnːar/, /²ɡʉnːar/
  • (segmentation) IPA(key): /²ɡʊdnar/
  • (palatalisation) IPA(key): /²ɡʊɲːar/, (Sunnmøre) /²ɡʊɲːa/

Proper noun

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Gunnar m

  1. a male given name from Old Norse

Usage notes

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The name is also found in various 19th century rune inscriptions from Hordaland, using the Danicised form Gunder: ᚵᚢᚿᚦᛅᚱ.[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ K. Jonas Nordby (2002) Nyere tids runer i Hardanger‎[1], page 96
  2. ^ K. Jonas Nordby (2001) Etterreformatoriske runeinnskrifter i Norge: Opphav og tradisjon‎[2], page 85

Old Norse

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Proper noun

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Gunnar m

  1. accusative of Gunnarr

Gunnar f

  1. genitive of Guðr
  2. genitive of Gunnr

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Gunnarr.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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Gunnar c (genitive Gunnars)

  1. a male given name
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References

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 116 897 males with the given name Gunnar living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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