Uwe

See also: uwe

Dutch

Pronoun

Uwe (personal plural Uwen)

  1. (archaic) alternative letter-case form of uwe

Determiner

Uwe

  1. (archaic) inflection of Uw:
    1. nominative/accusative feminine singular attributive
    2. nominative/accusative plural attributive
  2. (Southern) masculine singular attributive of Uw

German

Etymology

A Frisian name of debated origin; possibly a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with *ob- "industrious" or Old High German agil- (“sword”) (etymologically allied with Latin acūtus, Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”)). The Scandinavian variant Ove may have Old Norse origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːvə/
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Proper noun

Uwe m (proper noun, strong, genitive Uwes)

  1. a male given name, popular from the 1930s to the 1970s
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