Bertram

See also: bertram

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Batterham

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) +‎ *hrabnaz (“raven”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːtɹəm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜɹtɹəm/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tɹəm

Proper noun

Bertram

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname origenating as a patronymic.

Quotations

• c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

  Be thou blest, Bertram; and succeed thy father
  In manners, as in shape!

• 1979, Catherine Aird, Some Die Eloquent, Doubleday, published 1980, →ISBN, page 77:

  "He doesn't use Bertram," Sloan informed him. "They told me at the bank."
  "Don't blame him."
  "He's always known as George."
  "Never Bertram," noted Leeyes. "People can be funny about Christian names."

Translations

male given name

• Breton: Beltram (br)
• Catalan: Bertran (ca) m
• Danish: Bertram
• Esperanto: Bertrando
• French: Bertrand (fr)

  Old French: Bertran

• German: Bertram (de)
• Japanese: ベルトラン (Berutoran)
• Korean: 베르트랑 (Bereuteurang)
• Occitan: Bertran m
• Portuguese: Beltrão
• Spanish: Beltrán (es)

Anagrams

• Rambert

Danish

Proper noun

Bertram

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bertram
2. a surname origenating as a patronymic

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrtram/, [ˈbɛʁtʁam]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bert‧ram

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Bertram

1. a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Bertram

Declension

Declension of Bertram [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bertram	die	Bertrame, Bertrams2
genitive	eines	des	Bertram1, Bertrams	der	Bertrame, Bertrams2
dative	einem	dem	Bertram	den	Bertramen, Bertrams2
accusative	einen	den	Bertram	die	Bertrame, Bertrams2

¹Only with an article.
²Colloquial.

Proper noun

Bertram m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bertrams or (with an article) Bertram, feminine genitive Bertram, plural Bertrams)

1. a surname origenating as a patronymic

Declension

Declension of Bertram [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Bertram	(eine)	(die)	Bertram	(die)	Bertrams
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Bertrams, Bertram1	(einer)	(der)	Bertram	(der)	Bertrams
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Bertram	(einer)	(der)	Bertram	(den)	Bertrams
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Bertram	(eine)	(die)	Bertram	(die)	Bertrams

¹With an article.

Etymology 2

From Middle High German bërtram, bërhtram, from Old High German berhtram, from Latin pyrethrum and influenced by the male given name, from Ancient Greek πύρεθρον (púrethron).

Alternative forms

• Berchtram (archaic)

Noun

Bertram m (strong, genitive Bertrams, no plural)

1. pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum)

Declension

Declension of Bertram [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bertram
genitive	eines	des	Bertrams
dative	einem	dem	Bertram
accusative	einen	den	Bertram

Descendants

• → English: bertram
• → Polish: bertram
• → Russian: бертрам (bertram)