# Adolf
## English
### Etymology

From Old High German adal (“noble”) + wulf (“wolf”). Doublet of Ethelwolf from Old English Æþelwulf.

### Proper noun

Adolf (plural Adolfs)
* A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Adolph.

#### Usage notes

* Very rarely given to children since World War II because of its association with Adolf Hitler.

#### Translations
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈadolf]

### Proper noun

Adolf m anim
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

#### Declension
## Danish
### Proper noun

Adolf
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

#### Usage notes

* Rare after World War II.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaː.dɔlf/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Adolf

### Proper noun

Adolf m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

#### Related terms

* Ad
* Addo
* Adolphus
* Adulf
* Dolf
* Dolfje

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Adolf m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

#### Usage notes

Patronymics
* son of Adolf: Adolfsson
* daughter of Adolf: Adolfsdóttir

#### Declension
## German
### Alternative forms

* Adulf

### Etymology

From Old High German adal (“noble”) + wolf (“wolf”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːdɔlf/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Adolf m (proper noun, strong, genitive Adolfs or (with an article) Adolf)
* a male given name from Old High German, equivalent to English Adolph

#### Usage notes

* Adolf was one of the most popular names between 1890 and 1905, after which it began to become less common. It saw a renewed rise in popularity between 1933 and 1941, but remained below the levels of the turn of the century. Since the end of the 1940s, it became very rare; when used at all it was generally as a middle name. In the GDR it was even entirely forbidden, which means that noticeably fewer Adolfs live in that region than in other German-speaking areas. In 2006, there was 1 baby in a sample of 27 700 who was given the middle name Adolf. As of 1998, there lived about about 75 000 Germans named Adolf.

#### Related terms

* Ad, Adalwolf, Adi, Ado, Adolph, Dolf, Dolfi, Athaulf

### References

* ↑ Adolf at beliebte-vornamen.de

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒdolf]
* Hyphenation: Adolf
* Rhymes: -olf

### Proper noun

Adolf
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Alternative forms

* Adólf

### Etymology

Likely borrowed from German Adolf.

### Proper noun

Adolf m (proper noun, genitive singular Adolfs)
* a male given name

#### Declension
### References

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
* Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “Adolf”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
* Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið

## Polish
### Etymology

From Old High German adal (“noble”) + wulf (“wolf”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.dɔlf/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -adɔlf
* Syllabification: A‧dolf

### Proper noun

Adolf m pers (female equivalent Adolfa or Adolfina)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Adolf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈadoɫf/

### Proper noun

Adolf m pers (genitive singular Adolfa, nominative plural Adolfovia, genitive plural Adolfov, declension pattern of chlap)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

#### Derived terms

* Ado
* Dolo
* Dolfo
* Adko

### Further reading

* “Adolf”, 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 Runic Swedish Aulfr.

### Proper noun

Adolf c (genitive Adolfs)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph

#### Usage notes

* The name of four Swedish kings. Due to its association with Hitler, the name became rare after World War II.