Josef

Josef

1. A male given name, variant of Joseph.
   • 2025 May 22, “Monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in Moscow metro stirs debate”, in Reuters‎^[1]:

     A monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin erected in Moscow's metro is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it's a mistake to commemorate someone who presided over so much suffering.

2. A surname.

• Jozef

From Latin Iōsēphus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוֹסֵף (“(God) shall add”). Doublet of Albanian Jozef (“Joseph”).

• IPA^(key): /joːsɛf/, /joːsəf/

Josef m (definite Josefi)

1. Joseph, son of Jacob (Biblical character)
2. Joseph, father of Jesus of Nazareth (Biblical character)
3. a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph
4. christian equivalent of muslim name Jusuf (“Joseph”)

• Jozë (diminutive)
• Joza (patronym)
• Zef (diminutive)
• Zefi (patronym)
• Zefaj (patronym)

• Jusuf
• Jusufi (patronym)
• Jusufaj (patronym)
• Jozefinë f

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf, literally “(God) shall add”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈjozɛf]

Josef m anim

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
2. a male surname transferred from the given name

• “Josef”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Josef

1. (biblical) Joseph.
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

• feminine forms: Josefine, Josephine

• Joseph

Latin Josephus and/or Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph)

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoːzɛf/, /ˈjoːzəf/, /ˈjoːˌzeːf/ (roughly in this order of frequency)

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Josef m (proper noun, strong, genitive Josefs)

1. (biblical) Joseph
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

• (pet forms) Jupp (western German); Pepi, Sepp, Seppel (Seppl) (southern German)
• (feminine) Josefine, Josephine

Josef

1. (biblical) Joseph.
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

• feminine forms: Josefine

Josef c (genitive Josefs)

1. (biblical) Joseph.
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

• feminine forms: Josefin, Josefina, Josefine
• surnames: Josefsson

• Kusep

Borrowed from Spanish Josef.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /hoˈsef/ [hoˈsɛf]
    • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /hoˈsep/ [hoˈsɛp̚]
    • Rhymes: -ef, (with nativization) -ep
  • IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒosef/ [ˈd͡ʒoː.sɛf] (English influence)
    • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈd͡ʒosep/ [ˈd͡ʒoː.sɛp̚] (English influence), (with nativization, no palatal assimilation) /ˈdjosep/ [ˈd̪joː.sɛp̚] (English influence)
    • Rhymes: -osef (English influence), -osep
  • IPA^(key): /kuˈsep/ [kʊˈsɛp̚] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: Jo‧sef

Joséf (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜐᜒᜉ᜔)

1. a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph

From Middle English Ioseph.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔːzəf/

Josef

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph
   • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 1-2:

     Adh Sankt Josef's die, adh a patroon o' Kilmoor, Jameen Qougeely was ee-pealthe.

     At St. Joseph's-day, at the patron of Kilmore, James Cagley was beaten.

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 49