Tove
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tove
- A river in Northamptonshire, England, tributary to the Great Ouse, which passes Towcester.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Medieval short form of Old Norse female names composed of Þórr- "Thor" and a second element beginning with b-, f- or v-, such as Torbjørg, or Þórr "Thor" + fríðr "beautiful" ( =Turid).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tove
- a female given name
References
[edit]- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: ca. 32 839 females with the given name Tove have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 20 March 2011.
Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Danish Tove. First recorded in Norway in 1320.
Proper noun
[edit]Tove
- a female given name
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 14 912 females with the given name Tove living in Norway on 1 January 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 18 April 2011.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Danish Tove. First recorded in Sweden in 1886.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Tove c (genitive Toves)
- a female given name
Further reading
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- en:Rivers in Northamptonshire, England
- en:Rivers in England
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- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Norwegian terms derived from Danish
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
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- Swedish terms derived from Danish
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- Swedish proper nouns
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