# Albert
## English
### Etymology

From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈælb.ət/
* (US) IPA: /ˈæl.bɚt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Albert (countable and uncountable, plural Alberts)
* A male given name from the Germanic languages.
** 1862, Alfred Tennyson, The Idylls of the King: Dedication::Thou noble Father of her Kings to be - - - / Dear to thy land and ours, a Prince indeed, / Beyond all titles, and a household name, / Hereafter, thro' all times, Albert the Good.
** 1956, Eddie Condon, Thomas Sugrue, We Called it Music: A Generation of Jazz., Peter Davies, page 40:Helena was not flattered. "Albert just doesn't appreciate music," she said. They all called me Albert then. I thought it was a fine name; I like elegance.
** 2000, Anne Enright, What Are You Like?, Random House, published 2001, →ISBN, page 85:Hogan, Byrne, O'Brien. She stopped at one name. Albert Delahunty — what Catholic in their right mind would call a child Albert?
* A surname originating as a patronymic.
** 2009 July 19, Lizette Alvarez, “Whee! Also, There’s a Net”, in The New York Times‎:Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.
* A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.
* A constituency in Belize
* A city in Kansas
* A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of the Municipality of Two Borders.
* A town in New South Wales
* A ghost town in Texas
* A crater on the Moon

#### Derived terms

* Albert chain
* Albert crape, Albert crepe
* Albert Lea
* Albertville
* Lake Albert
* Prince Albert

#### Related terms

* pet forms: Al, Bert, Bertie
* variants: Ethelbert
* female given names: Alberta, Albertina, Albertine

#### Further reading

* (crater) Albert (crater)

### Noun

Albert (plural Alberts)
* Synonym of Albert chain

### Anagrams

* balter, Balter, blater, Bartle, tabler, labret, Bartel, Tabler, bralet

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Albert m
* a male given name

#### Declension
## Azerbaijani
### Proper noun

Albert (definite accusative Alberti, plural Albertlər)
* A transliteration of the English male given name Albert
** 2018, Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson, Millətlər niyə tənəzzül edir, page 95:Bu ölkələrdə, güman ki, çox sayda potensial Bill Geytslər və bir, ya da iki Albert Eynşteyn var, amma onlar təhsil ala bilmədiyi və həyatda öz yerlərini tapmadığı üçün əkinçiliklə məşğul olmağa, ya da hərbi xidmətə getməyə məcburdurlar.There are probably many a potential Bill Gates and one or two Albert Einsteins in these countries, but they are forced to farm or join the military because they cannot get an education and find their place in life.
** 2019 September 6, Xalq Qəzeti‎:Azərbaycan paytaxtında Milli Qəhrəman Albert Aqarunovun xatirəsini əbədiləşdirmək məqsədilə heykəli ucaldılır.A monument to the memory of National Hero Albert Agarunov is being erected in the capital of Azerbaijan.
** 2020, Nicat Tarverdiyev, İslam və Motivasiya, page 75:Unutmayın ki, bizim hər birimizin ixtiyarında olan zaman Mikelancelo, Leonardo Da Vinçi, Tomas Cefferson, Paster, Helen Keller, Albert Eynşteyn kimi dahi şəxsiyyətlərin sahib olduğu vaxt qədərdir.Remember that the time each of us has at our disposal is as much time as that of geniuses like Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, Pasteur, Helen Keller, Albert Einstein had.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əlˈβɛrt]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əlˈbɛrt]
* IPA: (Valencia) [alˈbɛɾt]

### Proper noun

Albert m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English Albert.

### Proper noun

Albert
* a male given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]

#### Derived terms

* Abet

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈalbɛrt]

### Proper noun

Albert m anim
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

#### Declension
### Proper noun

Albert m anim (female equivalent Albertová)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Albert”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
* Moldanová, Dobrava (2019) Naše příjmení [Our surnames] (in Czech), 5th edition, Prague: Agentura Pankrác, →ISBN, page 27

## Danish
### Proper noun

Albert
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

#### Related terms

* female given name: Alberte

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑl.bərt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Al‧bert

### Proper noun

Albert m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

#### Derived terms

* Albers
* Alberts

#### Related terms

* Aalbert
* Aalbrecht
* Adalbert
* Adelbert
* Albertus
* Albrecht
* Alpert
* Alprecht
* Bert
* Bertus

## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑlb̥ert/, [ˈɑlb̥ertˑ]

### Proper noun

Albert
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Albert m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

#### Usage notes

Patronymics
* son of Albert: Albertsson
* daughter of Albert: Albertsdóttir

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Albert.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑlbert/, [ˈɑ̝lbe̞rt̪]
* Rhymes: -ɑlbert
* Hyphenation: Al‧bert

### Proper noun

Albert
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

#### Usage notes

* Chiefly used as a middle name.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Albert (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Albertini
Albertini
accusative
nom.
Albertini
Albertini
gen.
Albertini
genitive
Albertini
Albertieni
partitive
Albertiani
Albertejani
inessive
Albertissani
Alberteissani
elative
Albertistani
Alberteistani
illative
Albertiini
Alberteihini
adessive
Albertillani
Alberteillani
ablative
Albertiltani
Alberteiltani
allative
Albertilleni
Alberteilleni
essive
Albertinani
Alberteinani
translative
Albertikseni
Alberteikseni
abessive
Albertittani
Alberteittani
instructive
comitative
—Alberteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Albertisi
Albertisi
accusative
nom.
Albertisi
Albertisi
gen.
Albertisi
genitive
Albertisi
Albertiesi
partitive
Albertiasi
Albertejasi
inessive
Albertissasi
Alberteissasi
elative
Albertistasi
Alberteistasi
illative
Albertiisi
Alberteihisi
adessive
Albertillasi
Alberteillasi
ablative
Albertiltasi
Alberteiltasi
allative
Albertillesi
Alberteillesi
essive
Albertinasi
Alberteinasi
translative
Albertiksesi
Alberteiksesi
abessive
Albertittasi
Alberteittasi
instructive
comitative
—Alberteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Albertimme
Albertimme
accusative
nom.
Albertimme
Albertimme
gen.
Albertimme
genitive
Albertimme
Albertiemme
partitive
Albertiamme
Albertejamme
inessive
Albertissamme
Alberteissamme
elative
Albertistamme
Alberteistamme
illative
Albertiimme
Alberteihimme
adessive
Albertillamme
Alberteillamme
ablative
Albertiltamme
Alberteiltamme
allative
Albertillemme
Alberteillemme
essive
Albertinamme
Alberteinamme
translative
Albertiksemme
Alberteiksemme
abessive
Albertittamme
Alberteittamme
instructive
comitative
—Alberteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Albertinne
Albertinne
accusative
nom.
Albertinne
Albertinne
gen.
Albertinne
genitive
Albertinne
Albertienne
partitive
Albertianne
Albertejanne
inessive
Albertissanne
Alberteissanne
elative
Albertistanne
Alberteistanne
illative
Albertiinne
Alberteihinne
adessive
Albertillanne
Alberteillanne
ablative
Albertiltanne
Alberteiltanne
allative
Albertillenne
Alberteillenne
essive
Albertinanne
Alberteinanne
translative
Albertiksenne
Alberteiksenne
abessive
Albertittanne
Alberteittanne
instructive
comitative
—Alberteinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Albertinsa
Albertinsa
accusative
nom.
Albertinsa
Albertinsa
gen.
Albertinsa
genitive
Albertinsa
Albertiensa
partitive
Albertiaan Albertiansa
Albertejaan Albertejansa
inessive
Albertissaan Albertissansa
Alberteissaan Alberteissansa
elative
Albertistaan Albertistansa
Alberteistaan Alberteistansa
illative
Albertiinsa
Alberteihinsa
adessive
Albertillaan Albertillansa
Alberteillaan Alberteillansa
ablative
Albertiltaan Albertiltansa
Alberteiltaan Alberteiltansa
allative
Albertilleen Albertillensa
Alberteilleen Alberteillensa
essive
Albertinaan Albertinansa
Alberteinaan Alberteinansa
translative
Albertikseen Albertiksensa
Alberteikseen Alberteiksensa
abessive
Albertittaan Albertittansa
Alberteittaan Alberteittansa
instructive
comitative
—Alberteineen Alberteinensa :

#### Related terms

* Alpo, Pertti

#### Statistics

* Albert is the 352nd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 925 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,371 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## French
### Alternative forms

* Aubert (rare)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al.bɛʁ/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Albert m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert
* a surname originating as a patronymic

#### Related terms

* pet forms: Bébert, Bertin
* feminine forms: Alberte, Albertine

### Anagrams

* tabler

## German
### Etymology

Contraction of Adalbert, from Old High German adal (“noble”) + beraht (“bright”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Albert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Alberts, plural Alberte or Alberts)
* a male given name from Old High German

### Proper noun

Albert m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Alberts or (with an article) Albert, feminine genitive Albert, plural Alberts)
* a surname originating as a patronymic

#### Related terms

* Albrecht, Adalbert, Adelbert, Bert, Brecht, Albertus

#### Descendants
##### Transliterations

* Japanese: アルベルト (Aruberuto)
* → Chinese: 阿爾貝特 / 阿尔贝特 (Ā'ěrbèitè) (transliteration)

### References

* 1 2 A. Brown, G. Grim, R. Le Get, J. Pepe, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Albert". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1.
* 1 2 Heuser, Rita, Albert, in: Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒlbɛrt]
* Hyphenation: Al‧bert
* Rhymes: -ɛrt

### Proper noun

Albert
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Proper noun

Albert m (proper noun, genitive singular Alberts)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

#### Declension
## Norwegian
### Proper noun

Albert
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal.bɛrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -albɛrt
* Syllabification: Al‧bert

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Albertus. Doublet of Albrecht.

#### Proper noun

Albert m pers (female equivalent Alberta)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Proper noun

Albert f
* genitive plural of Alberta

### Further reading

* Albert in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Albert.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Albert m (genitive/dative lui Albert)
* a surname from German

### References

* Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎, Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈalbert]

### Proper noun

Albert m pers (genitive singular Alberta, nominative plural Albertovia, declension pattern of chlap)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Albert”, 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

First recorded in Sweden in 1283. Cognate with German and English Albert.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /¹albæʈ/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Albert c (genitive Alberts)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

#### Related terms

* pet form: Abbe
* female given name: Albertina