Josef
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Proper noun ===
Josef
A male given name, variant of Joseph.
A surname.
==== Derived terms ====
== Albanian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Jozef
=== Etymology ===
From Latin Iōsēphus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוֹסֵף (“(God) shall add”). Doublet of Albanian Jozef (“Joseph”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /joːsɛf/, /joːsəf/
=== Proper noun ===
Josef m (definite Josefi)
Joseph, son of Jacob (Biblical character)
Joseph, father of Jesus of Nazareth (Biblical character)
a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph
christian equivalent of muslim name Jusuf (“Joseph”)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
Jozë (diminutive)
Joza (patronym)
Zef (diminutive)
Zefi (patronym)
Zefaj (patronym)
==== Related terms ====
Jusuf
Jusufi (patronym)
Jusufaj (patronym)
Jozefinë f
== Czech ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf, literally “(God) shall add”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈjozɛf]
=== Proper noun ===
Josef m anim
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
a male surname transferred from the given name
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“Josef”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
== Danish ==
=== Proper noun ===
Josef
(biblical) Joseph.
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
==== Related terms ====
feminine forms: Josefine, Josephine
== German ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Joseph
=== Etymology ===
Latin Josephus and/or Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈjoːzɛf/, /ˈjoːzəf/, /ˈjoːˌzeːf/ (roughly in this order of frequency)
=== Proper noun ===
Josef m (proper noun, strong, genitive Josefs)
(biblical) Joseph
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
==== Related terms ====
(pet forms) Jupp (western German); Pepi, Sepp, Seppel (Seppl) (southern German)
(feminine) Josefine, Josephine
== Norwegian ==
=== Proper noun ===
Josef
(biblical) Joseph.
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
==== Related terms ====
feminine forms: Josefine
== Swedish ==
=== Proper noun ===
Josef c (genitive Josefs)
(biblical) Joseph.
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
==== Related terms ====
feminine forms: Josefin, Josefina, Josefine
surnames: Josefsson
== Tagalog ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Kusep
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish Josef.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog)
IPA(key): /hoˈsef/ [hoˈsɛf]
IPA(key): (with nativization) /hoˈsep/ [hoˈsɛp̚]
Rhymes: -ef, (with nativization) -ep
IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒosef/ [ˈd͡ʒoː.sɛf] (English influence)
IPA(key): (with nativization) /ˈd͡ʒosep/ [ˈd͡ʒoː.sɛp̚] (English influence), (with nativization, no palatal assimilation) /ˈdjosep/ [ˈd̪joː.sɛp̚] (English influence)
Rhymes: -osef (English influence), -osep
IPA(key): /kuˈsep/ [kʊˈsɛp̚] (obsolete)
Syllabification: Jo‧sef
=== Proper noun ===
Joséf (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜐᜒᜉ᜔)
a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph
==== Related terms ====
== Yola ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle English Ioseph.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔːzɛf/
=== Proper noun ===
Josef
a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph
=== References ===
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 49