Elisabeth

See also: Élisabeth

English

Alternative forms

• Elizabeth

Etymology

The spelling of Elizabeth used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament. Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈlɪzəbəθ/

• Audio (CA)

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Proper noun

Elisabeth

1. The mother of John the Baptist according to the Christian and Islamic scriptures
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:5, column 1:

     There was in the dayes of Herode the king of Iudea, a certaine Prieſt, named Zacharias, of the courſe of Abia, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

2. A female given name from Hebrew, a less common form of Elizabeth in English.

Translations

mother of John the Baptist

• Aghwan: 𐔴𐔾𐔼𐕚𐔰𐔱𐔴𐔸 (elisabet)
• Arabic: إِلِيصَابَات (ʔilīṣābāt)
• Armenian: Եղիսաբեթ (Eġisabetʿ)
• Azerbaijani: İlsəba
• Basque: Elisabet
• Belarusian: Лізаве́та (Lizavjéta), Елісаве́та (Jelisavjéta)
• Breton: Elizabed
• Bulgarian: Елисавета (Elisaveta)
• Catalan: Elisabet (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以利沙伯 (yǐlìshābó), 依撒伯爾／依撒伯尔 (Yīsābó'ěr) (Catholic)

• Czech: Alžběta (cs) f
• Danish: Elisabeth
• Dutch: Elisabet f
• Estonian: Eliisabet
• Finnish: Elisabet (fi)
• French: Élisabeth (fr) f
• Galician: Isabel
• German: Elisabeth (de) f
• Greek: Ελισάβετ (el) f (Elisávet)

  Ancient: Ἐλισάβετ f (Elisábet)

• Hawaiian: ʻElisabeta
• Hebrew: אלישבע \ אֱלִישֶׁבַע f (elishéva)
• Hungarian: Erzsébet (hu)
• Irish: Eiliosaibeit
• Italian: Elisabetta (it) f
• Japanese: エリザベツ (Erizabetsu)
• Kazakh: Елізабет (Elızabet)
• Korean: 엘리사벳 (Ellisabet)
• Latin: Elisabeth f
• Latvian: Elizabete f
• Norwegian: Elisabet (no)
• Polish: Elżbieta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Isabel (pt) f
• Romanian: Elisabeta
• Russian: Елизаве́та (ru) f (Jelizavéta)
• Spanish: Isabel (es) f
• Swedish: Elisabet (sv) c
• Ukrainian: Єлисавета (uk) (Jelysaveta)

female given name — see Elizabeth

Further reading

• Elisabeth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Proper noun

Elisabeth

1. Elizabeth (biblical figure)
2. a female given name of biblical origin

Related terms

variants and pet forms

• Annelise
• Betina
• Bettina
• Betty
• Elly
• Else
• Elsebeth
• Ilse
• Isabella
• Lilli
• Lilly
• Lis
• Lisa
• Lisbet
• Lisbeth
• Lise
• Liselotte
• Lissi
• Lissie
• Lissy
• Lizzi
• Lizzie

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 65 803 females with the given name Elisabeth, typically as a second given name, have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Elisabet (rare)
• Elizabeth

Etymology

From Middle Dutch elisabeth, from Latin Elisabeth, from Koine Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Biblical Hebrew אלישבע.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːˈli.zaːˌbɛt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Eli‧sa‧beth

Proper noun

Elisabeth f

1. Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist.
2. a female given name

Derived terms

• Liesbeth

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈliːzabɛt/, /-ˌbɛt/
• IPA^(key): /eˈliːzaˌbeːt/ (rare)

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Elisabeth f (proper noun, genitive Elisabeths, plural Elisabeth or Elisabethen or Elisabeths)

1. Elizabeth (biblical character)
2. a female given name from Biblical Hebrew

Declension

Declension of Elisabeth [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Elisabeth	die	Elisabeth, Elisabethen, Elisabeths
genitive	einer	der	Elisabeths	der	Elisabeth, Elisabethen, Elisabeths
dative	einer	der	Elisabeth	den	Elisabeth, Elisabethen, Elisabeths
accusative	eine	die	Elisabeth	die	Elisabeth, Elisabethen, Elisabeths

Related terms

• Anneliese, Bettina, Betti, Elisa, Elise, Elli, Elly, Elsa, Else, Ilse, Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle, Liesbeth, Lieschen, Lieselotte, Lili, Lilli, Lilly, Lis, Lisa, Lisbeth, Lise, Liselotte, Marlies, Sissi

Latin

Alternative forms

• Elisabētha

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (Elisheva, “my God is an oath”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈli.sa.betʰ/, [ɛˈlʲɪs̠äbɛt̪ʰ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈli.sa.bet/, [eˈliːs̬äbet̪]

Proper noun

Elisabeth f sg (indeclinable)

1. Elisabeth

Declension

Indeclinable noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Elisabeth
Genitive	Elisabeth
Dative	Elisabeth
Accusative	Elisabeth
Ablative	Elisabeth
Vocative	Elisabeth

Descendants

• Italian: Elisabetta

Norwegian

Proper noun

Elisabeth

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Elizabeth

Related terms

• Elisabet, Elise, Elsa, Else, Lilly, Lisa, Lisbeth, Lise

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 17 572 females with the given name Elisabeth (compared to 917 named Elisabet) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Elisabeth c (genitive Elisabeths)

1. a female given name of popular usage, variant of Elisabet

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 201 328 females with the given name Elisabeth (compared to 151 080 named Elisabet) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.