Conrad

See also: Konrad

English

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Conrad

Wikipedia

Etymology

A variant of German Konrad, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Kōnirād, from *kōnī (“bold, brave”) +‎ *rād (“counsel”). Cognate of Old English Cēnrēd, Dutch Koenraad and Icelandic Konráð.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɹæd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnɹæd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Con‧rad

Proper noun

Conrad

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1985, Philip Howard, The State of the Language, OUP, →ISBN, page 58:

     There was no further need for words, because the lexicon of Romance jargon has just been fully deployed. In it chaps are called names like Conrad, and girls names like Delora, quite unlike the names of those who are reading it on the way to work.

   • 2021 January 19, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, “Pompeo attacks multiculturalism, saying it is ‘not who America is’”, in CNN‎:

     Career diplomat Conrad Tribble said on Twitter that multiculturalism “is one of our greatest strengths as a country, and I go to that well often as an American diplomat. It’s hard to overstate the global soft power impact of America’s cultural diversity.”

2. A surname.
3. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Illinois, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Indiana, United States.
5. A small city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States.
6. A city, the county seat of Pondera County, Montana, United States.

Related terms

• Con, Connie
• Kurt
• Coen, Koen

Translations

given name

Armenian: Կոնրադ (Konrad) Bengali: কনরাড (konoraḍ) Bulgarian: Ко́нрад m (Kónrad) Chinese: Mandarin: 康拉德 (Kānglādé) Czech: Konrád m Dutch: Koenraad (nl) Finnish: Konrad (fi), Konni, Kuuno French: Conrad (fr) Georgian: კონრადი (ḳonradi), კონრად (ḳonrad) (when used with a title or surname) German: Konrad (de) m Greek: Κονράδος m (Konrádos), Κορράδος (el) m (Korrádos) Hungarian: Konrád (hu) Italian: Corrado (it) Latin: Conradus m Persian: کنراد (konrâd) Polish: Konrad (pl) m Portuguese: Conrado (pt) m Russian: Ко́нрад (ru) (Kónrad) Sicilian: Currau m Spanish: Conrado (es) Swedish: Konrad (sv)

See also

• Conradin, Conradino

Anagrams

• Cardon, Conard, Condra, Dacron, ancrod, candor, cardon, dacron

Catalan

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, cognate with English Conrad, Italian Corrado etc.

Proper noun

Conrad m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Conrad