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Imre

Imre

See also: İmre

Estonian

Proper noun

Imre

  1. A male given name borrowed from Hungarian in early 20th century.

Hungarian

Etymology

From Germanic Amalrich or Emmerich, Proto-Germanic *amal (vigor, bravery) + rīhhi (ruler) The old Hungarian variants of the Latin names Emericus, Emmeric are: Emrik, Emrih, Imreh. There are written data in Hungarian documents since the end of the 12th century for the Emericus, Eimericus variants. According to another explanation, Imre is a borrowing of the German Heinrich (Henrik).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈimrɛ]
  • Hyphenation: Im‧re

Proper noun

Imre

  1. A male given name, cognate to German Emmerich, related to English Emery.
  2. A surname.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Imre Imrék
accusative Imrét Imréket
dative Imrének Imréknek
instrumental Imrével Imrékkel
causal-final Imréért Imrékért
translative Imrévé Imrékké
terminative Imréig Imrékig
essive-formal Imreként Imrékként
essive-modal
inessive Imrében Imrékben
superessive Imrén Imréken
adessive Imrénél Imréknél
illative Imrébe Imrékbe
sublative Imrére Imrékre
allative Imréhez Imrékhez
elative Imréből Imrékből
delative Imréről Imrékről
ablative Imrétől Imréktől
Possessive forms of Imre
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Imrém Imréim
2nd person sing. Imréd Imréid
3rd person sing. Imréje Imréi
1st person plural Imrénk Imréink
2nd person plural Imrétek Imréitek
3rd person plural Imréjük Imréik

References

  1. Fercsik Erzsébet - Raátz Judit: Keresztnevek enciklopédiája, Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2009