Rudolf
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Czech Rudolf and German Rudolf.
Proper noun
Rudolf
- A male given name from Czech or German, equivalent to English Rudolph.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrudolf]
Proper noun
Rudolf m anim
- a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph
Declension
Declension of Rudolf (hard masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Rudolf | Rudolfové |
| genitive | Rudolfa | Rudolfů |
| dative | Rudolfovi, Rudolfu | Rudolfům |
| accusative | Rudolfa | Rudolfy |
| vocative | Rudolfe | Rudolfové |
| locative | Rudolfovi, Rudolfu | Rudolfech |
| instrumental | Rudolfem | Rudolfy |
Dutch
Etymology
From German Rudolf. Equivalent to native Dutch Roelof.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Rudolf m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph
Estonian
Proper noun
Rudolf
- a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph
Derived terms
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German Rudolf, from Old High German Ruodolf, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiwulf.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Rudolf m (proper noun, strong, genitive Rudolfs)
- a male given name from Middle High German, equivalent to English Rudolph
Related terms
Descendants
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrudolf]
- Hyphenation: Ru‧dolf
- Rhymes: -olf
Proper noun
Rudolf
- a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Rudolf | Rudolfok |
| accusative | Rudolfot | Rudolfokat |
| dative | Rudolfnak | Rudolfoknak |
| instrumental | Rudolffal | Rudolfokkal |
| causal-final | Rudolfért | Rudolfokért |
| translative | Rudolffá | Rudolfokká |
| terminative | Rudolfig | Rudolfokig |
| essive-formal | Rudolfként | Rudolfokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Rudolfban | Rudolfokban |
| superessive | Rudolfon | Rudolfokon |
| adessive | Rudolfnál | Rudolfoknál |
| illative | Rudolfba | Rudolfokba |
| sublative | Rudolfra | Rudolfokra |
| allative | Rudolfhoz | Rudolfokhoz |
| elative | Rudolfból | Rudolfokból |
| delative | Rudolfról | Rudolfokról |
| ablative | Rudolftól | Rudolfoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Rudolfé | Rudolfoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Rudolféi | Rudolfokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Rudolfom | Rudolfjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | Rudolfod | Rudolfjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | Rudolfja | Rudolfjai |
| 1st person plural | Rudolfunk | Rudolfjaink |
| 2nd person plural | Rudolfotok | Rudolfjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | Rudolfjuk | Rudolfjaik |
Icelandic
Etymology
Proper noun
Rudolf m
- a male given name
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈru.dɔlf/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -udɔlf
- Syllabification: Ru‧dolf
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Rudolf, from Middle High German Ruodolf, from Old High German *Hruodwolf, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiwulf
Proper noun
Rudolf m pers (female equivalent Rudolfa or Rudolfina)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph
Declension
Declension of Rudolf
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Rudolf | Rudolfowie/Rudolfy (deprecative) |
| genitive | Rudolfa | Rudolfów |
| dative | Rudolfowi | Rudolfom |
| accusative | Rudolfa | Rudolfów |
| instrumental | Rudolfem | Rudolfami |
| locative | Rudolfie | Rudolfach |
| vocative | Rudolfie | Rudolfowie |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Proper noun
Rudolf f
- genitive plural of Rudolfa
Further reading
- Rudolf in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rǔdolf/
Proper noun
Rùdolf m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ру̀долф)
- a male given name
Further reading
- “Rudolf”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrudɔɫf/
Proper noun
Rudolf m pers
- a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph
- a surname
Declension
as a name:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Rudolf | Rudolfovia |
| genitive | Rudolfa | Rudolfov |
| dative | Rudolfovi | Rudolfom |
| accusative | Rudolfa | Rudolfov |
| locative | Rudolfovi | Rudolfoch |
| instrumental | Rudolfom | Rudolfmi |
as a surname:
| singular | plural 1 | plural 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Rudolf | Rudolfovia | Rudolfovci |
| genitive | Rudolfa | Rudolfov | Rudolfovcov |
| dative | Rudolfovi | Rudolfom | Rudolfovcom |
| accusative | Rudolfa | Rudolfov | Rudolfovcov |
| locative | Rudolfovi | Rudolfoch | Rudolfovcoch |
| instrumental | Rudolfom | Rudolfmi | Rudolfovcami |
Further reading
- “Rudolf”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Swedish
Etymology
From German.
Interjection
Rudolf
- The letter "R" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
Proper noun
Rudolf c (genitive Rudolfs)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph