Ove

See also: ove, öve, övé, and øve

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish Aghi, possibly a short form of compound names beginning with Germanic agh "blade" or Old Norse agi "awe". Related to German (Frisian) Uwe. Sometimes explained as a form of Scandinavian Åge/Åke.

Proper noun

Ove

1. a male given name

Related terms

• (surnames) Ovesen

See also

• Uwe

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 25 606 males with the given name Ove have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Central Franconian Ovve, from Middle High German oven, from Old High German ofan, from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːvə/
• Rhymes: -oːvə
• Hyphenation: O‧ve

Noun

Ove m (nominative plural Ove, diminutive Oveche)

1. oven, stove

   Unser Ove is schun alt.

   Our stove is already old.

Declension

Declension of Ove

	singular		plural
	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative/accusative	där/de	Ove	die	Ove
dative	dem	Ove	denne/de	Ove

Further reading

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Ove”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 121

Norwegian

Proper noun

Ove

1. a male given name of Danish origen

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²uːvɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -²uːvɛ

Proper noun

Ove c (genitive Oves)

1. a male given name borrowed from Denmark in the Middle Ages