Else
English
Etymology
- As an English surname, spelling variant of Ell.
- As a north German surname, of Low German origin, from Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu (“alder”), comparable to Dutch els.
Proper noun
Else
- A surname.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛlzɛ]
- Rhymes: -ɛlzɛ
- Hyphenation: El‧se
Noun
Else
- dative/locative singular of Elsa
Danish
Etymology
Contraction of Elisabeth. Cognate with German Elsa.
Proper noun
Else
- a female given name
References
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 59 911 females with the given name Else 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 May 2011.
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈelse/, [ˈe̞ls̠e̞]
- Rhymes: -else
- Syllabification(key): El‧se
- Hyphenation(key): El‧se
Proper noun
Else
- a female given name
Declension
| Inflection of Else (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Else | Elset | |
| genitive | Elsen | Elsejen | |
| partitive | Elseä | Elsejä | |
| illative | Elseen | Elseihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Else | Elset | |
| accusative | nom. | Else | Elset |
| gen. | Elsen | ||
| genitive | Elsen | Elsejen Elsein rare | |
| partitive | Elseä | Elsejä | |
| inessive | Elsessä | Elseissä | |
| elative | Elsestä | Elseistä | |
| illative | Elseen | Elseihin | |
| adessive | Elsellä | Elseillä | |
| ablative | Elseltä | Elseiltä | |
| allative | Elselle | Elseille | |
| essive | Elsenä | Elseinä | |
| translative | Elseksi | Elseiksi | |
| abessive | Elsettä | Elseittä | |
| instructive | — | Elsein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Statistics
- Else is the 437th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 907 female individuals (and as a middle name to 477 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
- ^ Kustaa Vilkuna (2005) [1976], Pirjo Mikkonen, editor, Etunimet, 4th edition, Helsinki: Otava, published 2011, →ISBN
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Else
- a female given name
Norwegian
Etymology
Contraction of Elisabeth.
Proper noun
Else
- a female given name
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 270 females with the given name Else living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
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- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Low German
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Czech/ɛlzɛ
- Czech non-lemma forms
- Czech noun forms
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Finnish terms derived from Danish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/else
- Rhymes:Finnish/else/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish nalle-type nominals
- German terms derived from Danish
- German terms borrowed from Danish
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
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- German lemmas
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- Norwegian lemmas
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