Erle

See also: erle

English

Etymology

A rare spelling variant of Earl.

Proper noun

Erle

1. A male given name from English.
2. A surname.

Anagrams

• LREE, Reel, leer, reel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German erle, from Old High German erila, from Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu, from Proto-Germanic *alizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis-.

Compare Dutch els, English alder, Danish el, Norwegian older, Icelandic elri.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Erle f (genitive Erle, plural Erlen)

1. alder

Declension

Declension of Erle [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Erle	die	Erlen
genitive	einer	der	Erle	der	Erlen
dative	einer	der	Erle	den	Erlen
accusative	eine	die	Erle	die	Erlen

Derived terms

• erlen (“aldern”)

Related terms

• Elsbeere

Further reading

• “Erle” in Duden online
• “Erle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian

Etymology

Short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Erl- (German Erlinde, etc.), also seen as a modern feminine form of Erling and Jarl (“earl”).

Proper noun

Erle

1. a female given name

References

• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1089 females with the given name Erle living in Norway on January 1st 2014, with the frequency peak in the 2000s decade. Accessed on July 11th, 2014.