Anton

See also: anton, Antón, Antôn, and An Tôn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Anton and from other northern European languages.

Proper noun

Anton (plural Antons)

  1. A male given name.
    • 2011 Sophie Hannah, Lasting Damage, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 78:
      'As far as I'm concerned, he's Benjamin Rigby,' said Kit, after the first time we met him. 'He seems like a decent baby and he deserves a decent name. Not that his father's got one, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.' Kit thinks it's only acceptable to 'go around calling yourself Anton', as he puts it, if you're Spanish, Mexican or Colombian, or if you're a hairdresser or a professional ice-skater.

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

Short form of Antoni.

Proper noun

Anton m

  1. A male given name

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton

  1. A male given name.

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton

  1. A male given name.

Faroese

Etymology

Proper noun

Anton m

  1. A male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Anton: Antonsson
  • daughter of Anton: Antonsdóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Anton
Accusative Anton
Dative Antoni
Genitive Antons

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate with English Anthony.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɑnton]
  • Hyphenation: An‧ton

Proper noun

Anton

  1. A male given name.
    • 1986 Vuokko Tolonen, Lastenhuone, Otava, →ISBN, page 19:
      —Pojan! Hoitaja nostaa päänsä paperista, närkästyneenä tai hölmistyneenä. Tästä ei tällä menolla tule ikinä mitään.
      Anton.
      Jos se on ihme ja poika, niin olkoon Tšehovin kunniaksi ja Jorman mieliksi.
      —Yhdellä vai kahdella teellä?
      Me emme ymmärrä toisiamme. En haluaisi jättää mahaani hänen armoilleen.

Declension

Inflection of Anton (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Anton Antonit
genitive Antonin Antonien
partitive Antonia Antoneja
illative Antoniin Antoneihin
singular plural
nominative Anton Antonit
accusative nom. Anton Antonit
gen. Antonin
genitive Antonin Antonien
partitive Antonia Antoneja
inessive Antonissa Antoneissa
elative Antonista Antoneista
illative Antoniin Antoneihin
adessive Antonilla Antoneilla
ablative Antonilta Antoneilta
allative Antonille Antoneille
essive Antonina Antoneina
translative Antoniksi Antoneiksi
instructive Antonein
abessive Antonitta Antoneitta
comitative Antoneineen

Proper noun

Anton

  1. Genitive singular form of Antto.

Anagrams


German

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈantoːn]
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: An‧ton

Proper noun

Anton

  1. A male given name.

Symbol

Anton

  1. The letter A in the German and Austrian spelling alphabets.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton

  1. A male given name.

Slovak

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈantɔn/

Proper noun

Anton m (genitive Antona, nominative plural Antonovia) declension pattern chlap

  1. A male given name.

Declension

Derived terms

  • Tóno, Tono, Toňo, Tonko
  • Tonuľo, Tonuľko
  • Antuš, Antuško

Further reading

  • Anton in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /antóːn/

Proper noun

Antọ̑n m anim

  1. A male given name.

Inflection

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative Antón
genitive Antóna
singular
nominative Antón
accusative Antóna
genitive Antóna
dative Antónu
locative Antónu
instrumental Antónom

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. First recorded in Sweden in 1623. Cognate with English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton c (genitive Antons)

  1. A male given name.
  • (male given names) Tony
  • (female names) Antonia
  • (surnames) Antonsson

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 33 431 males with the given name Anton living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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