Margit

Danish

Etymology

From Norwegian and Swedish Margit.

Proper noun

Margit

1. a female given name

Estonian

Etymology

From Swedish and Hungarian Margit.

Proper noun

Margit

1. a female given name

Faroese

Proper noun

Margit f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Margit: Margitarson
• daughter of Margit: Margitardóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Margit
Accusative	Margit
Dative	Margit
Genitive	Margitar

German

Etymology

From Hungarian, Norwegian and Swedish Margit.

Proper noun

Margit

1. a female given name

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒrɡit]
• Hyphenation: Mar‧git
• Rhymes: -it

Proper noun

Margit

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Margaret

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Margit	Margitok
accusative	Margitot	Margitokat
dative	Margitnak	Margitoknak
instrumental	Margittal	Margitokkal
causal-final	Margitért	Margitokért
translative	Margittá	Margitokká
terminative	Margitig	Margitokig
essive-formal	Margitként	Margitokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Margitban	Margitokban
superessive	Margiton	Margitokon
adessive	Margitnál	Margitoknál
illative	Margitba	Margitokba
sublative	Margitra	Margitokra
allative	Margithoz	Margitokhoz
elative	Margitból	Margitokból
delative	Margitról	Margitokról
ablative	Margittól	Margitoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Margité	Margitoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Margitéi	Margitokéi

Possessive forms of Margit
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Margitom	Margitjaim
2nd person sing.	Margitod	Margitjaid
3rd person sing.	Margitja	Margitjai
1st person plural	Margitunk	Margitjaink
2nd person plural	Margitotok	Margitjaitok
3rd person plural	Margitjuk	Margitjaik

Derived terms

• (diminutive): Margitka, Margó, Margóka

Norwegian

Etymology

A medieval variant of Margareta.

Proper noun

Margit

1. a female given name

Swedish

Etymology

A vernacular form of Margareta. First recorded in Sweden around 1400.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Margit c (genitive Margits)

1. a female given name

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 21 041 females with the given name Margit living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.