Petrus

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch Petrus. === Proper noun === Petrus Peter (biblical character) ==== See also ==== Pieter == Czech == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpɛtrus] === Proper noun === Petrus m anim (female equivalent Petrusová) a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Petrus”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”), as a name a loan translation of Aramaic כֵּיפָא (“stone, rock; Peter, Cephas”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpeː.trʏs/ Hyphenation: Pe‧trus === Proper noun === Petrus m (biblical) Simon Peter, Cephas (Biblical character, early Christian leader) a male given name, now rare outside baptismal names. ==== Related terms ==== Peter Piet Pieter ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: Pitrus, Petrus == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin Petrus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpetrus/, [ˈpe̞t̪rus̠] Rhymes: -etrus Syllabification(key): Pet‧rus Hyphenation(key): Pet‧rus === Proper noun === Petrus a male given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== Petrus is the 380th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 856 male individuals (and as a middle name to 481 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References === == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Petrus. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Petrus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Petri or Petrus' or (with article) Petrus) (biblical) Peter (Can we clean up(+) this sense? (which bible? Luther-Bibel, Einheitsübersetzung, another one?)) 1985 translation, Bibel, Matthäus 16:18: a male given name of rare usage, variant of Peter ==== Related terms ==== Petri Heil === Noun === Petrus m (colloquial, dated) large key === Further reading === “Petrus” in Duden online == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpɛtrus/ [ˈpɛt̪̚.rʊs] Rhymes: -ɛtrus Syllabification: Pet‧rus === Proper noun === Pètrus (biblical) Peter a male given name from Dutch [in turn from Latin], equivalent to English Peter ==== Alternative forms ==== petrus === Further reading === “Petrus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros), borrowed from Pre-Greek. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛ.trʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛː.trus] === Proper noun === Petrus m (genitive Petrī); second declension Peter (biblical character). a male given name, equivalent to English Peter ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== == Old English == === Etymology === From Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpet.rus/ === Proper noun === Petrus m Peter c. 990, Matthew 8:14-16 ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: Peter, petir, Petir, petur, petre, peiterEnglish: PeterScots: PeterYola: Beedher, Peedher, Peether == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin Petrus. === Proper noun === Petrus c (genitive Petrus, sometimes Petri) Peter (biblical character). a male given name (a Latinate variant of the more common Peter and Per) === References === “Petrus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === strupe