Rudolf

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Rudolf and German Rudolf.

Proper noun

Rudolf

1. A male given name from Czech or German, equivalent to English Rudolph.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrudolf]

Proper noun

Rudolf m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Declension

Declension of Rudolf (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Rudolf	Rudolfové
genitive	Rudolfa	Rudolfů
dative	Rudolfovi, Rudolfu	Rudolfům
accusative	Rudolfa	Rudolfy
vocative	Rudolfe	Rudolfové
locative	Rudolfovi, Rudolfu	Rudolfech
instrumental	Rudolfem	Rudolfy

Dutch

Etymology

From German Rudolf. Equivalent to native Dutch Roelof.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Rudolf m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Estonian

Proper noun

Rudolf

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Derived terms

• Ruudi
• Ruut

German

Alternative forms

• Rudolph

Etymology

From Middle High German Rudolf, from Old High German Ruodolf, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiwulf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁuːdɔlf]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Rudolf m (proper noun, strong, genitive Rudolfs)

1. a male given name from Middle High German, equivalent to English Rudolph

Related terms

• Rolf
• Rudi
• Rudo
• Udo
• Ulf

Descendants

• → Dutch: Rudolf
• → English: Rudolf, Rudolph
• → Icelandic: Rudolf
• → Polish: Rudolf
• → Swedish: Rudolf

Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

Rudolf

Wikipedia ^hu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrudolf]
• Hyphenation: Ru‧dolf
• Rhymes: -olf

Proper noun

Rudolf

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Rudolf	Rudolfok
accusative	Rudolfot	Rudolfokat
dative	Rudolfnak	Rudolfoknak
instrumental	Rudolffal	Rudolfokkal
causal-final	Rudolfért	Rudolfokért
translative	Rudolffá	Rudolfokká
terminative	Rudolfig	Rudolfokig
essive-formal	Rudolfként	Rudolfokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Rudolfban	Rudolfokban
superessive	Rudolfon	Rudolfokon
adessive	Rudolfnál	Rudolfoknál
illative	Rudolfba	Rudolfokba
sublative	Rudolfra	Rudolfokra
allative	Rudolfhoz	Rudolfokhoz
elative	Rudolfból	Rudolfokból
delative	Rudolfról	Rudolfokról
ablative	Rudolftól	Rudolfoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Rudolfé	Rudolfoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Rudolféi	Rudolfokéi

Possessive forms of Rudolf

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Rudolfom	Rudolfjaim
2nd person sing.	Rudolfod	Rudolfjaid
3rd person sing.	Rudolfja	Rudolfjai
1st person plural	Rudolfunk	Rudolfjaink
2nd person plural	Rudolfotok	Rudolfjaitok
3rd person plural	Rudolfjuk	Rudolfjaik

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rudolf.

Proper noun

Rudolf m

1. a male given name

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Rudolf

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.dɔlf/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -udɔlf
• Syllabification: Ru‧dolf

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Rudolf, from Middle High German Ruodolf, from Old High German *Hruodwolf, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiwulf

Proper noun

Rudolf m pers (female equivalent Rudolfa or Rudolfina)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Declension

Declension of Rudolf

	singular	plural
nominative	Rudolf	Rudolfowie/Rudolfy (deprecative)
genitive	Rudolfa	Rudolfów
dative	Rudolfowi	Rudolfom
accusative	Rudolfa	Rudolfów
instrumental	Rudolfem	Rudolfami
locative	Rudolfie	Rudolfach
vocative	Rudolfie	Rudolfowie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Rudolf f

1. genitive plural of Rudolfa

Further reading

• Rudolf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǔdolf/

Proper noun

Rùdolf m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ру̀долф)

1. a male given name

Further reading

• “Rudolf”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrudɔɫf/

Proper noun

Rudolf m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph
2. a surname

Declension

as a name:

Declension of Rudolf
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Rudolf	Rudolfovia
genitive	Rudolfa	Rudolfov
dative	Rudolfovi	Rudolfom
accusative	Rudolfa	Rudolfov
locative	Rudolfovi	Rudolfoch
instrumental	Rudolfom	Rudolfmi

as a surname:

Declension of Rudolf
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Rudolf	Rudolfovia	Rudolfovci
genitive	Rudolfa	Rudolfov	Rudolfovcov
dative	Rudolfovi	Rudolfom	Rudolfovcom
accusative	Rudolfa	Rudolfov	Rudolfovcov
locative	Rudolfovi	Rudolfoch	Rudolfovcoch
instrumental	Rudolfom	Rudolfmi	Rudolfovcami

Further reading

• “Rudolf”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Swedish

Etymology

From German.

Interjection

Rudolf

1. The letter "R" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

Proper noun

Rudolf c (genitive Rudolfs)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

Related terms

• Rolf
• Ralf/Ralph