Uwe

== Dutch == === Pronoun === Uwe (personal plural Uwen) (archaic) alternative letter-case form of uwe === Determiner === Uwe (archaic) inflection of Uw: nominative/accusative feminine singular attributive nominative/accusative plural attributive (Southern) masculine singular attributive of Uw == German == === Etymology === A Frisian name of debated origin; possibly a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with *ob- "industrious" or Old High German agil- (“sword”) (etymologically allied with Latin acūtus, Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”)). The Scandinavian variant Ove may have Old Norse origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuːvə/ === Proper noun === Uwe m (proper noun, strong, genitive Uwes) a male given name, popular from the 1930s to the 1970s