Birgit

== English == === Proper noun === Birgit A Chadic language spoken in southeastern Chad. == Danish == === Etymology === Short form of Birgitte and Birgitta. === Proper noun === Birgit a female given name === References === [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 33 312 females with the given name Birgit have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 May 2011. == Estonian == === Etymology === From Swedish Birgit and Danish Birgit. === Proper noun === Birgit a female given name == Faroese == === Proper noun === Birgit f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics Birgit's son: Birgitarson Birgit's daughter: Birgitardóttir ==== Declension ==== == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Swedish Birgit. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Birgit f (genitive Birgits or Birgit) a female given name == Norwegian == === Proper noun === Birgit a female given name, short for Birgitte or Birgitta == Swedish == === Etymology === Short form of Birgitta. First recorded in Sweden in 1879. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Birgit c (genitive Birgits) a female given name === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 29 590 females with the given name Birgit living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.